First there was a Caldwell Cigar Co. and Room101 collaboration, now there is a Lost&Found and Room101 project. Matt Booth has teamed up with Lost&Found for “three very small limited releases,” the first of which is named SuperStroke. It’s offered in both Corona (5 3/4 x 43, $10.50) and Robusto ...
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Tomorrow, a new Davidoff Vault release will go on sale. It’s called Mundano—which has a variety of translations, though Davidoff is going with worldly—a reference to the variety of tobaccos used in the new release. Mundano is highlighted by a Dominican hybrid 253 wrapper over a Mexican San Andrés negro binder and five ...
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A proposal to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in Mountain Home, Ark. was defeated during a committee hearing on Tuesday evening, meaning the city will not be joining the Tobacco 21 movement. The city council’s Public Safety Committee heard presentations by a group of 8th ad 9th ...
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General Cigar Co.’s Macanudo brand is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a number of releases, the first of which is the Inspirado Red. Don’t worry if you have not heard of the Inspirado line yet, as it was introduced in 2014 and sold exclusively outside of the U.S. in ...
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General Cigar Co.’s release for TAA members will be a CAO. Later this month, the company will offer the CAO Estelí as an exclusive to retail members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA). The CAO Estelí is a single 6 x 54 size using a wrapper from Jalapa, Nicaragua, ...
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The village of Skokie, Ill. has joined the Tobacco 21 movement, as on Thursday the Village Board unanimously approved an increase in the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21-years-old. It adds another Illinois municipality to a growing list that have passed similar increases, including Chicago, Evanston, ...
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The city of Chicago has passed a new ordinance that will require all tobacco retailers in the city to post new warning signs at each entrance to their stores as part of an increased effort to further reduce tobacco usage and smoking rates in the city. The new law states ...
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For nearly a century, cigar smokers have faced a choice: straight cut or v-cut. Carrying a small punch, oftentimes built into lighters, in addition to a standard cutter was easy. But carrying both a straight cut and v-cut meant two larger cutters in your pocket. Until now. Colibri has made ...
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Go to a concert, and it seems a given that the headliner will perform an encore. If anything, it’s become part of the overall show script: perform, soak in the applause, come back out and do a few more songs, likely one that the audience was surprised was left out ...
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The number eight is considered lucky in China. In 2008, the number inspired one of the most unique Edición Regional releases of all time, the Bolívar Armonía, which was released for China with a variety of eight tie-ins: 2,008 boxes of eight, priced at 8,888 CNY, etc. Pacific Cigar Co., ...
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Cigar News Aging Room Small Batch Puro Cepa to Debut in May Black Label Trading Co. Bishop’s Blend Returns This Week Camacho Coyolar Returning CAO Estelí Slated for TAA Release Dalay Zigarren Adds Affentanz for German Market Davidoff Adds Mundano to Vault Series Emilio Grimalkin Returning in May Espinosa Ships ...
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Lanceros don’t sell well. The long and thin size doesn’t appear to most as a good value and the small ring gauge makes it more challenging to both roll and smoke than others. As such, it should come as no surprise that culebras—essentially an inch shorter than a lancero, but ...
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Zev Kaminetsky has joined Royal Agio Cigars USA as the company’s new national sales director. It is, in more ways than one, going to be rather familiar for Kaminetsky, who most recently spent over a half decade at Drew Estate. In early December, Drew Estate’s distribution agreement for Agio ended and ...
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Worcester, Mass. has banned flavored tobacco at retailers that are not adults-only, which means that convenience stores and similar establishments will not be able to sell flavored cigars going forward. That being said, cigar shops, vapor stores and other tobacco stores will be able to continue to sell flavored tobaccos. ...
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Sandusky, Ohio has banned the use of all tobacco products in the city’s parks, piers, marinas, bike paths and golf courses. The measure was approved Monday night by a vote of 5-2. It will go into effect on May 23 and those found in violation will be subject to a ...
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An attempt to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 in St. Peter, Minn. has failed. The City Council voted 3-3 for the measure Monday night with one member absent. A motion to take up the matter again in three weeks also failed. St. Peter is ...
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Effective July 1, you must be 21 to purchase tobacco products in the Village of Glen Ellyn. The Village Board approved the increase last night, it will include all tobacco products including vaping liquids, even those that don’t have nicotine. Glen Ellyn is located in DuPage County, 23 miles west ...
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Next week, Colibri will be unveiling the latest in its series of auto racing-inspired accessories at the Tobacconists’ Association of America meeting, the Apex lighter. Named for the point on a race course where the driver increases the throttle for the fastest exit out of a turn, the Apex is ...
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Coyolar is back. Davidoff of Geneva USA will begin shipping a newly packaged version of the Camacho Coyolar, a Honduran puro that was first introduced in 2005. It is once again a Honduran puro, all coming from a single 15-acre farm, and once again offered in the same five sizes. ...
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Legislators in Nassau County, N.Y. will once again consider legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 19 to 21-years-old, and it appears that there might be enough support to pass the legislation. This current version comes from the legislature’s presiding officer, Richard Nicolello, R-New Hyde Park, ...
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