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 51 (Edition 200 11/12/16)

For the 200th consecutive week, we bring you the Cigar Industry Report. We are proud to have brought you this uninterrupted each and every Saturday since January, 2013. Thank you to our audience and sponsors for your support

Feature of the Week: Trump Victory Poses Questions on Road Ahead to Ending Cuban Embargo

This week Donald J. Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States. What does this mean for ending the Cuban Embargo? We analyzed it this week.

News Recap

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-sponsors were added.  The total sponsor count remainsat 169
  • 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-sponsors were added. The total number of sponsors remains at 78.
  • California: A 153% increase tax increase on Other Tobacco Products (OTP – which includes cigars) was approved by voters.
  • Colorado: A proposed 22% tax increase for cigars was defeated by voters.
  • Missouri: Two proposed tobacco increases was defeated by voters on election day.
  • North Dakota: A proposal to double the tobacco tax on Other Tobacco Products (OTP – which includes cigars) was defeated by voters.

Assessments

Agile Cigar Reviews

Stogie Geeks

This week was Episode 208 for Stogie Geeks. We welcomed Justin Andrews from Foundry Tobacco Company along with our special guest host John Reiner aka “Cigar Surgeon”.For our Debonaire Ideal, we talked did a segment called “Ballot Questions”. We did a special Hot Topics segment. Finally we had our Stogies of the Week which included:

Stogie Geeks News

This week’s Stogie Geeks News includes stories from E.P. Carrillo, Viaje, Davidoff, Quesada, and a look at what the election results mean for cigar enthusiasts.

Stogie Geeks Shorts

This week, we took a look back at the E.P. Carrillo Short Run series.

On this date November 12th…