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 472 (2/12/22)

 

The Headlines

Lightspeed Informs Tobacco Retailers They Cannot Send SMS Marketing Messages

Lightspeed, a company that provides e-commerce and marketing services, has informed its retail tobacco, vaping, CBD, cannabis, and marijuana product customers that they will no longer be allowed to send SMS marketing messages on its platform. We have 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 Tim Burchett [R-TN] signed on as a co-sponsor. The total number of sponsors is now 59.
  • 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

  • None This Week

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

Upcoming Schedule

2/17: Prime Time Jukebox Episode 65: The 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Pre-Game Show
2/17: Prime Time Episode 220: Daniel Marshall
TBA: Prime Time Special Edition 117: TBA

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