The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, 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 7, Number 45 Edition 298 (10/6/18)

 

Feature of the Week: Tatuaje Unlucky 13 Retailers Announced

Tatuaje Cigars owner Pete Johnson announced on social media the list of the thirteen “Unlucky Retailers” who were chosen to receive custom dress boxes of the eleventh installment of his annual Monsters Series – The Bride.. We got the details here.

News and Previews


Legislative News

  • House of Representatives: H.R. 564 is a proposed piece of legislation that calls for an exemption from FDA Regulation for premium handmade cigars. This week no new co-sponsors were added. The total number of sponsors remained at 149.
  • U.S. SenateS.294 is the Senate companion bill to H.R. 564. This week no new co-sponsors were added. The total number of sponsors remains at 22.
  • House Bill 1136: H.R. 1136 is the legislation to change the Grandfather Date for Deeming Tobacco products subject to FDA Regulation from February 15, 2017, to 21 days after enactment of the regulations. This week no new co-sponsors were added. The total number of sponsors remains at 94.

Assessments

Agile Cigar Reviews

Editor’s Corner

This month’s editorial was titled ” In Regards to Inter-Tabac


Prime Time Show

On Episode 69, we welcomed back Scott Kolesaire of Davidoff of Geneva to Prime Time. We talked all things Camacho Cigars and were joined by Chef David Rose and Sommelier Tom Fischer.

Prime Time Special Edition

For Special Edition 40, we did our 2018 Major League Baseball Post Season Edition.

Schedule

Prime Time

Episode 71 (10/11/18): Brady Hayek, Jeremy Jack Cigars
Episode 72 (10/18/18): To Be Announced
Episode 73 (10/25/18): To Be Announced
Episode 74 (11/1/18): Live from La Zona Palooza 2018

Prime Time Special Edition

Special Edition 41 (10/9/18): Monsters Series/Arsenio Ramos
Special Edition 42 (10/23/18): Enrique Seijas, Matilde Cigars


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