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 452 (9/25/21)

 

The Headlines

96 Billion Dollar Tobacco Tax Increase Passes Ways & Means Committee

The proposed 96 billion dollar tobacco tax increase as a part of the Build Back Better Act was passed by the House Ways & Means Committee as introduced. We’ve got the details here.

Ministry of Cigars Forced to Shut Down

Ministry of Cigars, a cigar website dedicated to covering the international cigar market, is being forced to shut down. Ferdinand Piet, owner of Ministry of Cigars, made the announcement earlier today. Piet is based in Singapore and the laws around tobacco legislation are quite strict, and they basically prevent a cigar blog or any media entity from operating there. We’ve got the details here.

 

The News

Summer of ’21 Reports

We completed our Summer of ’21 Coverage for 2021.

Product News

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 John Katko [R-NY] and Dina Titus [D-NV] signed on as a co-sponsors.The total number of sponsors is now at 36.
  • 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

Agile Cigar Reviews

The Smoking Syndicate

Features and Blog

 

Feature Story

  • None this week outside PCA Reports.

The Blog

Prime Time Podcasts

Prime Time Show

  • No Show This Week

Prime Time Special Edition

  • No Show This Week

Prime Time Jukebox

Upcoming Schedule

9/28: Prime Time Special Edition 107: Phil Zanghi, Debonaire House
9/30: Prime Time Episode 203: Luis & Alec Cuevas, Casa Cuevas Cigars
10/4: Prime Time Jukebox Episode 51: TBA

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