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 5, Number 31 (Edition 180 6/25/16)

Feature of the Week: Bombay Tobak to Launch Gaaja 

If you saw Episode 191 of Stogie Geeks, then you saw Bombay Tobak owner Mel Shah break news on an all new blend called Gaaja. This is a unique cigar that incorporates tobaccos from Paraguay and is the company’s first box-press offering.


FDA News

On Going Coverage


News and Previews 

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 were added.  The total sponsor count remains at 21.
  • 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-sponsored were added. The total number of sponsors remains at 166.
  • 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 no new co-sponsored were added. The total number of sponsors remains at 66.

Assessments

Agile Cigar Reviews


Stogie Geeks

This week we welcomed three special guests: Humberto Areas of Cigar Package Design, Mel Shah of Bombay Tobak, and Mike Bellody of MLB Cigar Ventures. Our Debonaire Ideal was on It’s a Boy and It’s a Girl cigars plus we had our Stogies of the Week which included:

Stogie Geeks News

On the June 24th Edition we talked about Quesada’s new IPCPR offering, the new Joya Black, and the story of three U.S. diplomates expelled from Nicaragua.

Throwback

This week we revisited Episode 29: The Different Parts Of A Tobacco Plant (EP29)


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