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 448 (8/28/21)

 

The Headlines

Ferio Tego Branded Cigars Announced

This week Ferio Tego, the new cigar venture started by former Nat Sherman International employees Michael Herklots and Brendon Scott, has announced the official launch of the Ferio Tego brand of premium cigars. There will be two limited offerings at first, Ferio Tego Elegancia and Ferio Tego Generoso. We have the details here.

 

The News

PCA Product Coverage

PCA Post Game Reports

This week we completed the video component of our coverage. Over the next week, we will fill in some of the companies we didn’t get to visit and focus on the products they released. We truly apologize to those companies we missed. This will add an additional 7 to 10 PCA 2021 Reports. Following that, we will switch gears to “Summer of 21” coverage and focus on companies that had releases that were not at the Trade Show.

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 Debbie Lesko [R-AZ] and David Joyce [R-OH] signed on as co-sponsors. The total number of sponsors is now at 30.
  • 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

The Smoking Syndicate

Features and Blog

 

Feature Story

  • See Headlines

The Blog

  • No entries this week

Prime Time Podcasts

Prime Time Show

Prime Time Special Edition

Prime Time Jukebox

  • No Show This Week

Upcoming Schedule

8/26: Prime Time Episode 200: Cory Bappert, Oliva Cigars
8/30: Prime Time Jukebox Episode 48: The Beastie Boys Show w/ John McTavish
9/14: Prime Time Special Edition 106: TBA

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