There are new versions of Asylum’s Medulla and Oblongata, this time with darker wrappers. The company has begun shipping the Asylum 13 Medulla Maduro and Oblongata Maduro. It’s a follow-up to the Medulla Oblongata that was released last year. As with that release, each box of the Asylum 13 Medulla ...
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Industrial Cigar Co. will celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a cigar from Mexico. Next week, the Frisco, Texas-based store will host an event, on May 5, with Casa Turrent featuring a 7 x 38 lancero version of the company’s Casa Turrent 1880 line. The Casa Turrent Industrial Cigar Exclusive 1880 Lancero ...
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Next month, there will be a new size of VegaFina Nicaragua heading to markets worldwide, albeit not the U.S. It’s called the Vulcano, a 4 1/3 x 56 parejo. Like the rest of the line, it’s a Nicaraguan puro using a habano 2000 wrapper. It will be offered in both 10- ...
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Drew Newman’s been working for the family business for over two decades, but he didn’t become a full-time employee of J.C. Newman Cigar Co. until last September. In his early days, Newman—the son of Eric and grandson of Julius Caeser—worked on helping to create the Cigar Family forum, one of the earliest online ...
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Anyone thinking of watching the waves or taking in a sunset while enjoying a cigar on the beaches of Asbury Park, N.J. will have to make other plans, as on Thursday night the city council voted to ban smoking by a 3-2 vote. The ban does not extend to the city’s ...
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A rural county in Nebraska has decided to make all of its grounds tobacco and smoke free as of May 1. “We feel it is an important step for the County to model good health to the community,” said Michelle Robinson, Box Butte County assessor, in a press release. “We ...
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Tomorrow, the Tobacconists’ Association of America, Ltd. (TAA) will kick off its annual meeting at Casa de Campo in La Romana, Dominican Republic. When it finishes, the group will have a new president. Scott Regina—owner of the Virginia-based retailer Emerson’s—will become the new president of TAA. The TAA is a ...
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Smoking at parks, athletic fields and playgrounds is now banned in Downers Grove, Ill. Downers Grove Golf Club, a publicly-owned golf course, has banned smoking everywhere except on the course. Smoking is also banned at Belmont Prairie, Fishel Park and Lyman Woods. Downers Grove is a suburb of Chicago and ...
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Joya de Nicaragua is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and it’s doing so with a variety of special cigars. One of them is the Joya de Nicaragua No.1., a 6 5/8 x 44 parejo that uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers. Of note, ...
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The AVO brand is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and that can only mean one thing: there will be some new cigars to smoke. As part of the festivities, the company has announced that it is bringing back a pair of its most sought-after limited editions, the AVO 22 ...
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Cigar News 1502 Serious Cigars Slated for May Asylum 13 Medulla Oblongata Maduro Ships Camacho Coyolar Shipping This Week Casa Fernández Rebrands to AGANORSA Leaf Casa Turrent 1880 Lancero Heads to Industrial Cigar Co. Colibri to Release New Apex Lighter at TAA Meeting General Cigar Co. Promotes Chris Tarr to ...
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The Second Ignite series release from Southern Draw is a Rose of Sharon Perfecto. On May 12, the company will hold an event at Leaf Cigar Bar in Easton, Pa. to celebrate the release of the cigar, which is an exclusive to Famous Smoke Shop and the associated Leaf store. ...
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On May 12, Cubariqueño Cigar Co. will host its third-anniversary party and as with previous anniversary parties, there will be new cigars. Protocol Official Misconduct is the new line, offered in a single 6 x 50 size. It uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from the ...
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For the first time in its history, Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc. will offer an exclusive cigar to retail members of the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA). That cigar is a 6 x 52 toro that uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper and binder as well as filler tobaccos from Nicaragua and Peru. ...
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The Rocky Patel Sun Grow Maduro will be the latest cigar to get the DeSocio treatment. Next month, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, Inc. will ship the Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro DeSocio, a 5 3/4 x 46 corona gorda. Pricing is set at $8.25 per cigar. It’s the latest in ...
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If you wanted to know what would happen if you replaced the spring-loaded action found in some cigar cutters with magnets, Screwpop will have an answer. Screwpop, best known for its eponymous keychain tool, has created a cigar cutter that uses rare earth magnets. It’s called the Magpulse, a guillotine-style ...
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While I’m hesitant to call any cigar a game changer of industry shaker, it’s hard to overlook the shift that occurred when the Davidoff Nicaragua was released in the summer of 2013. Not only was it a seeming departure from the Dominican-dominant blends of the company that also has its ...
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The city of Huntington, W.Va. is making all of its parks tobacco-free after the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District board approved a proposal on Wednesday night. The new regulation will still allow smoking and vaping in the parks’ parking lots, while new trash receptacles and signage announcing the ban ...
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Smoking in the parks of Ridgecrest, Calif. is becoming a prohibited activity, as the city council recently passed an ordinance banning the consumption of tobacco products, marijuana and electronic cigarettes on park grounds. Violators will be subject to a fine of no more than $100 for a first offense, while ...
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If you were given a mission to find a good Cuban cigar and given the option to pick amongst every cigar Habanos S.A. makes in any given year, I would start with the high-priced cigars that wear either Gran Reserva or Reserva bands. In the event—as is typically the case at ...
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