Q: What do cigar enthusiasts, the FDA, and Obama have in common?

A: An Extensive Regulatory Agenda
From the Daily Caller:

Cigar Lovers, industry unite to snuff out FDA regulatory Agenda

Cigar smokers are mad as hell, and they aren’t going to take it anymore. Faced with an unprecedented assault on their guilty pleasure from President Barack Obama’s Food and Drug Administration, aficionados and industry insiders told The Daily Caller that they’re picking up their torch lighters and revolting.

Usually divided by their preferences for mild, medium and full-bodied smokes, they’re uniting against regulations that threaten to make cigars prohibitively expensive, shut down scores of small cigar shops, jeopardize tens of thousands of jobs and erase the traditionally bright line between Camels and Cohibas.

Cigar lovers are also recruiting members of Congress to defend what public health activists and anti-cancer crusaders see as little more than gentrified cigarettes smoked by economic one-percenters.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/29/cigar-lovers-industry-unite-to-snuff-out-fda-regulatory-agenda/#ixzz1fKs2GE4y

Cigar Rights of America-Fighting for You!!

This week Glynn Loope and the Cigar Rights of America team garnered the support of Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana for Senate Bill 1461 the US Senate counter part of H.R. 1639.  Mrs. Landrieu is a key member of the United States Senate because she is the chairwoman of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee.  Her support will help lend legitimacy to the fight to protect premium cigars and also gives the movement more support from the folks who are so called "across the aisle."

Senator Landrieu's support for S. 1461 comes at a critical juncture for the legislation, as now we need for all CRA members to be contacting the office of their members of the US Senate, asking that they too, serve as a co-sponsor on S. 1461.

Check out the complete CRA Alert Here

Arturo Fuente Anejos Extra Viejo

Only available around Christmas, A.F. Anejos are some of the rarest cigars in the World.

Arturo Fuente Anejo is one of the world’s rarest cigars. It features a dark maduro wrapper that is aged in cognac barrels.

The Fuente name is no stranger to cigar enthusiasts both at the novice and aficionado levels. For generations, they have been producing the best tobacco and the best cigars in the Dominican Republic. After the hugely successful launch of their coveted Opus X cigar, a new idea was born. This idea was for a cigar that uses the very best Dominican filler and binder, but adds a 5-year-old Connecticut maduro wrapper aged in a cognac barrel. The cigar became known as Fuente Anejo (extra Viejo).

Fuente Anejo is a full-bodied Dominican cigar with unique aging process that leaves a very distinct finish on the palate. Typically, only available around Father's Day and Christmas, this cigar is one of the hardest to find and exclusive cigars in the world.