Cigar Industry Report: Volume 4, Number 36 (8/01/15)

• Camacho: The company unveiled tubo offerings for the Camacho Ecuador Robusto and Camacho American Barrel Aged at this year’s trade show.
• CAO: We took a look at the Margaritaville by CAO line, a line inspired by the Jimmy Buffet themed lifestyle brand.
• Ciguardian: The company unveiled a line of retro-themed humidification products.
• CLE Cigar Company: We took a look at three new lines made by Christian Eiroa’s father Julio, Aladino, Tatascan, and Rancho Luna Lines.
• Elogio Cigars: We took at look at the new Elogio Excentrico No 4 Serie Mi Abuelo 2015.
• Foundry Tobacco Company:  The Bolivar and Ramon Allones lines are being revamped and put under Foundry Brand.
• H. Upmann: The H. Upmann The Banker Basis Point No. 2 introduces a belicoso vitola into The Banker line.
• Kings Cigars: We previewed the new Knights line.
• Kristoff: We previewed the Kristoff San Andres.
• L’Atelier Imports: We took at look at the Extension de la Racine ER15
• Las Cumbres Tabaco: The packaging for Freyja and Senorial Maduro were unveiled.
• Maya Selva Cigars: The Maya Selva Cigars Launches Flor de Selva No. 20 Limited Edition Lancero, a cigar commemorating the the company;s 20 years in busienss was unveiled. We also took a look at the new packaging for the Cumpay and Flor de Seliva Lines
• Montecristo: We took a look at a cigar commemorating the brand’s 80th anniversary, the Montecristo 80th Anniversary.  We also took at look at the new Espada by Montecristo Estoque.
• My Father Cigars: The My Father Flor de las Antillas Toro Grande is now becoming a regular production item.
• Oliva: We took a look at the Cigar News: Oliva Serie V Melanio Gran Reserva 2015 Humidor.
• Regius: The 5 x 48 Regius Seleccion Orchant 2015 Edition Hermoso is the third size of the collaboration done with Mitchell Orchant.
• Room 101 Cigars: We looked at the latest project by Matt Booth’s lifestyle brand in the Davidoff portfolio, the Room 101 Johnny Tobacconaut.
• Torano: The brand under General Cigar launched two new sizes of  Torano The Brick and introduced new 20 count box packaging.
• Viaje: The company showed off the Viaje Collaboration 2015 at this year’s trade show.
• Viva Republica: We took a look at the new Viva Republica Advanced Warfare.

Legislative News

• Senate Bill S. 441: S. 441 is the Senate Bill to gain an exemption from the FDA on premium cigars.  This week, no new co-sponsors signed on. The total sponsor remains at 17.
• House Bill HR 662: H.R. 662 is House Bill to gain an exemption from the FDA on premium cigars.  This week, two new co-sponsors were added – Tom Reed [R-New York] and Dave Brat [R-Virginia].  The total number of sponsors is now 132.
• House Bill 2058:  H.R. 2058 is the House Bill to change the effective date for cigars subject to FDA regulation from 2007 to 21 months following any proposed regulations are put into effect. This week two new co-sponsors were added – Robert Wittman [R-Virginia] and Randy Forbes [R-Virginia].The total number of sponsors is now 27.

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