Weekly News (Oct. 9, 2017)

Cigar News

• Alec Bradley Ships Three New Releases
• Boutique Cigar Association of America Names Board of Directors
• Camacho Diploma Returns Next Month
• Cohiba and Partagás Linea Maduro to be Featured at Festival del Habano XX
• Espinosa Announces Red River Valley
• Flor de Copán Gran Toro Debuts
• Foundation Cigar Co. Ships Highclere Castle, The Wise Man Maduro
• Foundation Cigar Co. To Take Over Distribution of The Upsetters
• Fratello Navetta Shipping
• Gurkha Ships 15-Year Cellar Reserve
• Hamlet 25th Year Heads to Stores
• IPCPR 2017 Sees 16.6 Percent Drop in Retail Stores
• Island Lifestyle Importers Ships Full Aged Reserve Line
• Lost&Found Releases Two Cigars for Sweden and U.S.
• Rafael Nodal Named Head of Product Capability for Tabacalera USA
• TAA Moves Annual Conference Due to Hurricane Irma Damage
• XIKAR Adds Daytona Red as Option for Turrim, Volta Lighters

Legislation

• Cigar Groups File for Injunction Against Deeming Rules

• California’s Governor Vetoes Parks and Beaches Smoking Ban

• Ireland’s Plain Packaging Rules for Tobacco Now in Effect
• Singapore Considering Tobacco Purchase Age Increase to 21 — via BusinessInsider.sg.
• United Arab Emirates’ Tobacco Tax in Effect, Won’t Apply to Duty-Free

• Elk Grove Village, Ill. Could Raise Tobacco Purchase Age or Ban All Tobacco Sales — via DailyHerald.com.
• Lavallette, N.J. Smoking Ban Advances
• Parkville, Mo. Raises Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
• Plymouth, Minn. Sets Purchase Age Increase Hearing for Nov. 28 — via Sailor.MNSun.com.
• St. Louis Park, Minn. City Discusses Ban on Flavored Tobacco — via StLouisPark.org.
• San Leandro, Calif. Approves First Reading of Flavored Tobacco Ban, Second Vote Set for Oct. 16 — via EastBayTimes.com.
• Smyrna, Ga. Approves Liquor Sales in Cigar Lounges (Update)
• Tustin, Calif. Approves First Reading of Parks Smoking Ban, Second Reading Set for Oct. 17 — via MyNewsLA.com.
• Unalaska, Alaska Voters Defeat Tobacco Tax Increase
• Wausau, Wis. to Consider Parks Smoking Ban — via WausauPilotAndReview.com.

Colleges and Universities

• University of Southern Mississippi To Make All Campuses Tobacco-Free as of Jan. 1, 2018 — via USM.edu.
• Whittier College Announces Plans to be Tobacco-Free as of Fall 2018 — via WhittierDailyNews.com.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.