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 6, Number 4 (Edition 205 12/17/16)

Feature of the Week: House Freedom Caucus Recommens Revoking FDA Regulations on Premium Cigars 

This week Congressman Mark Meadows, Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus sed a meeting with President Elect Donald Trump to present to him a list of 232 regulations that could be revoked in Trump’s first 100 days in office. One of the proposed regulations to be revoked were the “Deeming tobacco products to be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act” – which include the FDA Regulations on Premium Cigars. While many cigar enthusiasts are certainly excited, it is important to know that other than the recommendation, no decision has been made as of yet.

Cigar of the Year Countdown

For the seventh consecutive year, Cigar Coop is releasing its daily Cigar of the Year Countdown. This is our (near) daily countdown of the Top 30 Cigars of the year for 2016.  This year there was a delayed start, but the Countdown officially began on December 9th. This week we unveiled selections #23 through #29.

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 22.
  • 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 remains at 170.
  • 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.

Assessments

Agile Cigar Reviews

Stogie Geeks

For Episode 213, we welcomed back Jack Torano from Torano Cigars. For our Debonaire Ideal, we covered Cigar Smoking Cities  Finally we had our Stogies of the Week which included: