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TPE 2012: Cigar Industry Needs United Front
Friday, February 03 2012

By Melissa Kress | Convenience Store News Online

J. Glynn LoopeLAS VEGAS -- Several tobacco categories have already come under the microscope of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the general consensus seems to be that cigars' turn is coming. Insiders caution that the cigar industry needs to come together as a whole now, before the FDA acts.

"The politics of tobacco is the politics of diversion. We are too easy of a target. We set ourselves up for that because we never fought back," said Glynn Loope, executive director of Cigar Rights of America (CRA).

 
Ron Jaworski to host 3rd annual celebrity-studded cigar party
Thursday, February 02 2012
Fundraiser to benefit the Jaws Youth Playbook and Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana 

Jaws Indi cigar party logo(Indianapolis, IN) ESPN Monday Night Football Analyst Ron "Jaws" Jaworski and his Football Friends gather for an exclusive evening of premium cigars, fine spirits & Super Bowl sizzle!

Jaws will be joined by his ESPN boothmates (Jon Gruden and Mike Tirico), ESPN personalities (Mike Ditka, Suzy Kolber, Mike Golic, Merril Hoge) and many other celebrities at this intimate affair.* Final list of celebrities subject to change.

 
General Cigar Debuts New Frontmarks from Macanudo and CAO
Thursday, February 02 2012

Macanudo Cafe GiganteRichmond, VA -- MACANUDO, America’s best-selling premium cigar brand, is adding two new large-ring frontmarks to its lineup. Making their retail debut this week are the Macanudo Café Gigante and Macanudo Maduro Gigante.

Created in response to consumer demand for large-ring cigars, both the Macanudo Café and Macanudo Maduro Gigante cigars are rolled to the now popular 6” x 60 "Double Toro" size. Both frontmarks will be presented in boxes of 25 cigars with an SRP of $199.75, and $7.99 per single.

 
Fifth in a Series: Update on Possible FDA Regulation of Cigars and Pipe Tobacco
Wednesday, February 01 2012

A look at the FDA's cigar and pipe tobacco status

Thomas A. BriantBy Thomas A. Briant | Tobacco E-News

FDA law, as passed by Congress in 2009, allows the agency to extend tobacco regulations to other tobacco products, including cigars and pipe tobacco. Currently, the FDA only regulates cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products.

CSPnet.com logoOn April 25, 2011, the FDA issued a letter stating its intent to propose regulations on other tobacco products, such as cigars and pipe tobacco. The letter went on to state that these regulations may include company registration, product listing, ingredient listing, good manufacturing practice requirements, user fees for certain products and premarket review requirements for new tobacco products and modified risk tobacco products.

 
Proposed Smoking Ban has Local Bar Fuming
Tuesday, January 31 2012
By Rachel Martin | Indiana's NewsCenter online

Indiana's NewsCenter logoFORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana’s NewsCenter) – A state-wide smoking ban proposed by the Indiana House has a local bar owner fuming about added restrictions and exceptions.

A bill to ban smoking in the state of Indiana still lingers in the Indiana House Monday night. Lawmakers want to expand the 2005 smoking ban to include no smoking in public places, enclosed areas of a place of employment, like corporate offices, in certain state vehicles, and within 12 ft. of a public entrance or enclosed area of a place of employment. But, among the added restrictions are a few exceptions that Pat Anderson, owner of Rack and Helen’s Bar & Grill in New Haven, fuming.

 
ACID Cigars: A Cult of Personality
Saturday, January 28 2012

By Gary Korb

Gary KorbI've been thinking about doing a series of features on specific cigar brands for a while now. Not just any brands though. The series would spotlight high-quality brands that are somewhat out of the mainstream. That said, I couldn't think of a better brand to start with than ACID.

IF THERE EVER WAS A "STANDARD" for making infused premium cigars, ACID cigars would be it. Officially introduced at the RTDA (now the IPCPR) Trade Show in 1999, the brand took off like gangbusters and created one of the most unique "cult" followings by cigar smokers, perhaps second only to Padrón cigars.

 
Habanos cigar sales drop in 2011
Friday, January 27 2012

Cuba Standard logoApparently struck by the economic crisis in Europe, revenues of Habanos S.A. dropped 10.3 percent in 2011, despite a 4-percent rise in sales of Cuban luxury cigars outside the European Union last year, Imperial Tobacco Ltd. said in its 2011 annual report.

The company had reported a 2-percent rise of Cuban luxury cigar sales for the six months ended March 31, 2011.

Even so, the Corporación Habanos S.A. joint venture, of which UK-based Imperial Tobacco holds half, doubled its after-tax profits last year.
 
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