A proposal to ban smoking in the parks of Reno, Nev. got the support of the city’s Recreation and Parks Commission on Tuesday, as seven of the nine members voted in favor of forwarding it to the city council, with two of the members absent from the meeting. While the ...
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Congress will once again take up the issue of whether to reverse or modify regulations from premium cigars, though this time the strategy is a bit different. Today, the House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to the FY 2019 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that would benefit cigars. Like past agriculture appropriations ...
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Viaje Cigar Co. has announced a pair of cigars that will be hitting store shelves in the coming weeks. SUMMER’S ALMOST HERE! With the rising temperatures SUMMERFEST is set to make an appearance after a 3 year hiatus. This year’s version is rolled at AGANORSA (Esteli, Nicaragua) and will feature ...
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The town of Stamford, N.Y. has passed a ban on the use of all tobacco products on town-owned property, including parks in the municipality. While the town has not posted any news of the new law, The-Reporter.net indicates that the use of all tobacco products and tobacco alternatives such as e-cigarettes ...
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Vigilant, Inc. has launched a new line of humidors designed to be installed in a wall. The Reliance Wall Humidor is available in four different sizes, each in a variety of wood options: Reliance 350 Wall Humidor ($2,385) — 30 x 40.875 x 8.5 Reliance 450 Wall Humidor ($2,385) — ...
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The Illusione Singularé 2018 Turin hasn’t been a secret for long; company owner Dion Giolito announced it at the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, though some things have changed since that time. Originally shown off in a 7 1/2 x 50 vitola, the cigar appeared at retail in April in ...
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Dave Lafferty is the new executive director of premium cigar sales for Nat Sherman International. The longtime Drew Estate employee will be in charge of the company’s wholesale cigar sales. He replaces Ike Karipides, who left Nat Sherman late last year—coincidentally—to join Drew Estate. Lafferty most recently served as director of ...
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The world’s largest cigar company started off 2018 in the right direction. Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG)—which owns Cigars International, General Cigar Co., Thompson Cigar and others—has announced its financial results for the first quarter and the company indicates they are positive. It reported revenues of DKK 1.285 billion ($203.63 million) ...
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Gran Habano is bringing back clear tubos as a packaging option for a single size in its core line cigars. The company has announced that the clear tubo format will be offered for the 6 x 54 Gran Robusto vitola in the Connecticut #1, Habano #3, Corojo #5 and Corojo ...
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There’s a new exclusive Caldwell cigar has arrived at SmallBatchCigar.com. Sleeping Beauty is a new 5 1/8 x 60 perfecto size in The King Is Dead blend. Pricing is set at $11 per cigar and it is packaged in 24-count boxes. The King Is Dead is a Dominican puro. In ...
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Villiger has opened a new Brazilian factory, aptly named Villiger do Brasil. It’s located in Feira de Santana, a city in the eastern state of Bahia, which is where the company’s previous factory was located. The new factory is a 7,500-square-foot facility that employs 30 rollers. Unlike most handmade cigar factories, ...
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A sweeping piece of anti-tobacco legislation was passed by the Canadian Parliament today, and with it could soon come the requirement that all tobacco products come in plain packaging. Known as S-5, the bill effectively clears the way for Health Canada, the government agency responsible for public health, to call ...
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There are a variety of collections of exclusive sizes from various brands, but none has been built in quite the same way that Tom Sullivan of Alliance Cigar has created his. The company’s DeSocoio line, now in its eight sizes, is unabashedly focused on blends that have done well on Cigar ...
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Last month, Boveda’s Box Press podcast stopped by our office and interviewed Brooks Whittington and me. For those unfamiliar with Box Press, it’s a podcast hosted by Rob Gagner, who also handles accounts for Boveda. The podcast features interviews, tackles common questions and of course, talks about humidifying your cigars. ...
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The H. Upmann Connossieur B has begun arriving at La Casa del Habano (LCDH) franchises in select countries. Tabak Kontor—an LCDH in Leipzig, Germany—posted that the cigars are on the way to its store. Due to limited quantities, the store says it won’t be selling the cigars online initially. Pricing is set ...
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On Thursday, the South Pasadena City Council unanimously passed a significant new addition to its smoking ban that will make it illegal to smoke on city sidewalks and walkways. The ordinance builds on an existing ban on smoking in city parks, as well as in multi-family housing and within 25 feet ...
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There’s a new version of the Powstanie’s ApolloDani, only it looks really different and isn’t for sale. It’s called 320 Sycamore, named after the house from It’s A Wonderful Life—a 4 1/4 x 42/46 perfecto. While the blend is based on the ApolloDani, it might be a bit challenging to see ...
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Last month, Viaje began shipping a new box of cigars that is notable for a couple of different reasons. First, the Exclusivo Petite Lancero Collection is just that: a 75-count collection of three different blends in one box: 25 each of the Exclusivo, Exclusivo Leaded and Exclusivo Nicaragua lines, all in the ...
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There’s another Cigar Dojo exclusive. This time, it will be produced by AGANORSA Leaf using its Casa Fernández brand. The cigar is a 6 x 50 toro using all Nicaraguan tobaccos: a corojo 99 wrapper from Jalapa, a criollo 98 binder from Estelí and criollo 98 and corojo 99 fillers ...
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The barrel-aging process has come to the Diesel brand. On June 4, General Cigar Co. will begin shipping the Diesel Whiskey Row, a new four-size line that uses a Mexican San Andrés binder that is aged in barrels that previously held Rabbit Hole bourbon. The cigars are being rolled at Tabacalera AJ ...
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