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 454 (10/9/21)

 

The Headlines

Meerapfel Family to Launch Cigar Brand

The Meerapfel family, best known for being tobacco brokers and in particular known for brokering tobacco out of Cameroon, Africa is launching a cigar brand. We’ve got the details here.

The News

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 no new co-sponsors signed on. The total number of sponsors remains at 37.
  • 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

The Blog

Prime Time Podcasts

Prime Time Show

Prime Time Special Edition

Prime Time Jukebox

From the Archives…

Upcoming Schedule

10/11: Prime Time Jukebox Episode 52: Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs: #500 to #451
10/14: Prime Time Jukebox Episode 205: Leanor Abzaradel, Platinum Nova Cigars
TBA: Prime Time Special Edition 109: TBA

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