The Cigar Industry Report is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop and Stogie Geeks. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will also recap what happened on our Stogie Geeks show. Finally, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at 8am Eastern time.

Cigar Industry Report: Volume 4, Number 37 (Edition 134 8/08/15)

 

News and Previews from the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show

We continue our reports from the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show:.

Other News

  • Joya de Nicaragua: We took a look at two shop exclusives from Joya de Nicaragua to Famous Smoke Shop – Cunning and Merciless.

Feature Stories

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, no new co-sponsors signed on.  The total number of sponsor remains at 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. TThis week, no new co-sponsors signed on.  The total number of sponsors remains at 27.

Assessments

Stogie Geeks

 

There was no show this week.  We return next week with Episode 151.

We also published the videos for Episode 150 of Stogie Geeks.  We featured in-depth conversations with Christian Eiroa of CLE Cigar Company and Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate.  Our Debonaire Ideal was on Cigar Pairings.  Finally, we also covered our Stogies of the Week.

On this date August 8th…