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: Edition 442 (7/17/21)

 

The Headlines

The Smoking Syndicate

We are formally announcing what is to be the fifth brand in the Cigar Coop media family, The Smoking Syndicate. The Smoking Syndicate is a weekly video review brand that will have guests including the Cigar Coop team. The show features video reviews, group reviews, cigars of the week/month, and more. The video content will be available on various platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Odysee, and Podbean. Ben Lee, who joined the Cigar Coop team last month, will be the primary host and lead for this new brand. We’ve got more details here.

PCA 2021 Post Game

The News

PCA Product Coverage

Other News

Legislative News

  • House of Representatives: HR 3982 is a proposed piece of legislation that calls for an exemption from FDA Regulation for premium handmade cigars. This week Stephanie Murphy [D-FL], Doug Lamborn [R-CO], Ken Buck [R-CO], Andy Biggs [R-AZ], Brian Mast [R-FL], Thomas Massie [R-KY], Michael Turner [R-OH], and Charlie Crist [D-FL] signed on as co-sponsors. The total number of sponsors is now at 12.
  • U.S. Senate: S.438 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 remains at nine.

Cigar Reviews

Assessments

  • None This Week

Agile Cigar Reviews

  • None This Week

Features and Blog

 

Feature Story

  • None this week

The Blog

  • None this week

Prime Time Podcasts

Prime Time Show

  • No Show This Week

Prime Time Special Edition

  • No Show This Week

Prime Time Jukebox

Quesada Corner

Upcoming Schedule

7/19: Prime Time Jukebox Episode 44: Alphabet Series #1 – The Letter “A”
7/22: Prime Time Episode 195: Eddie Ortega, Ortega Cigars
7/27: Prime Time Special Edition 103: PCA Post Game Show

On This Date…

On this date July 17th.