Looking forward to catching up with everyone. January through today has been a blur of cigar political activity at the local, state and federal level, with Washington having been the obsession. The accomplishment of this joint effort is now 177 members of the US House and seven members of the US Senate on the legislation to exempt cigars from FDA oversight. With multiple state smoking ban and tax bills, there is much to discuss. I hope our CRA newsletters have been working to keep all informed of these and related efforts.