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Cigar Rights of America Celebrates 10 Years

Aug 27, 2018 | By Blake Droesch
Cigar Rights of America Celebrates 10 Years

For the last decade, the Cigar Rights of America has been fighting for your right to enjoy handmade cigars. As the advocacy group celebrates 10 years representing the cigar industry in Washington, D.C., it is thanking its for years of and hopes to enlist a new generation of ers with a special enrollment offer. 

“In August 2008, there was no staff, no resources, and no —only a feeling that those that depend upon, love, and enjoy cigars, deserve to be heard,” said Glynn Loope, executive director of the CRA, in a letter marking the anniversary. 

The Cigar Rights of America was founded in 2008. Ten years ago this month, the group tour the country with cigar icons like as Carlos Fuente Sr. and Carlos Fuente Jr., Jorge Padrón, Litto Gomez and Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. 

Loope commended the hundreds of thousands of consumers and retailers who have made their voices heard over the years through calls and petitions to congress. He also thanked the cigar manufacturers who have donated and dedicated time and resources “in the cause of defending the simple ion of enjoying a cigar.”

The letter, however, also acknowledges the tough road ahead for the cigar industry in light of against the U.S. Food and Drug istration, the CRA is offering a special $10 hip offer until Friday, September 7. The annual subscription is a $25 discount from the standard fee of $35 and includes a free cigar.

Click here to or renew your CRA hip.

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