Weekly News (Sept. 3, 2018)

Cigar News

• AGANORSA Leaf Signature Ships
• Alec Bradley Ships Blind Faith by Alec and Bradley
• Camacho Diploma Special Selection 11/18 Ships
• Cigraal Adds Ashton Distribution in Asia
• David Blanco Named President & CEO of Blanco Cigar Co.
• Davidoff Unveils New “Elements” Masterpiece Humidor
• Dawn Conger Departs IPCPR
• Debonaire House Takes Over U.S. Distribution
• Drew Estate Trims Brokers — Drew Estate has informed retailers whose accounts are served by the company’s few remaining brokers that it will be moving to in-house sales representatives for those territories.
• La Palina Ships Blue Label
• Procigar 2018 Registration Opens
• San Cristóbal de la Habana Prado to Debut This October in Bulgaria
• STG Reports Positive Q2 Financial Results
• Villiger Ships Flor de Ynclan Lancero Especial, La Vencedora Gordo
• Warped Ships Moon Garden
• XIKAR Ships New XO, VX2 Colorways

Legislation

• California Legislators Send Beach & Parks Smoking Ban to Governor
• Illinois Legislators, Advocates Vow to Try Again with Tobacco 21 Law — via WQAD.com

• Bowling Green, Ohio to Consider Parks Smoking Ban — via Sent-Trib.com
• Minneapolis, Minn. Places Moratorium on New Tobacco Shops
• Monterey County, Calif. Likely to Ban smoking in Parks — via MontereyHerald.com
• Ontario, Calif. Bans Smoking & Tobacco in Parks
• Plymouth, Mass. Raising Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
• Rome, Ga. to Consider Smoking Ban — via NorthwestGeorgiaNews.com
• St. Louis County, Mo. Voters to Decide Smoking Ban — via STLToday.com

Colleges and Universities

• University of Missouri Goes Tobacco-Free as of Aug. 20 — via ColumbiaMissourian.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.