Tobacco use is about to come to an end in the parks and on the trails of Rowan County, as on Monday the Rowan County Commissioners unanimously approved a proposed ban on the products, as well as electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. The ban will go into effect on July 1, ...
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For a company best known for its red packaging, Gran Habano is tapping two other colors for its newest line, called Blue In Green. It’s a Connecticut wrapper cigar with a binder and filler of Nicaraguan tobacco, with the company calling it a medium-bodied blend that is designed to embody ...
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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is appealing a court decision that denied the agency’s request to combine two lawsuits files over cigar regulations into a single case. Last month, Magistrate Judge Kimberly C. Priest Johnson ruled that a Texas lawsuit filed by En Fuego, a Dallas-area retailer; El Cubano Cigars, ...
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This summer, Gran Habano will add the fifth installment to its Gran Reserva line as the company has announced the Gran Reserva #5 2012. As has been the case with previous releases, it’s a full bodied blend that leans heavily on Nicaraguan tobacco. The wrapper, binder and filler all use ...
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Just about two years ago, Gran Habano released an ambitious project called the Colección de Elegancia, a 50-count sampler featuring its signature Corojo No. 5 in five sizes, three of which were new to the line. This year, the company is giving the Corojo No. 5 Maduro the same treatment, ...
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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment period for three Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemakings (ANPRM), including the one regarding whether the agency should reevaluate its regulations on premium cigars. All three of the recent ANPRMs regarding FDA’s regulation of tobacco were extended for 30 days. ...
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Island Jim’s Leaf by Series will be getting another entry later this week in the form of Leaf by James, a cigar made in collaboration with James Brown of Black Label Trading Co. and its associated Fabrica Oveja Negra factory. Leaf by James is a 6 x 50 toro using a Pennsylvania broadleaf ...
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The Camacho Liberty 2005 is back. Later this month, Davidoff of Geneva USA will begin shipping the Camacho Liberty 2005 Throwback will begin shipping to retailers. Like the original Liberty 2005, it uses a Honduran maduro wrapper over a Honduran corojo binder and Honduran corojo fillers. It keeps the brand’s ...
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The CLE exclusive for the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) has begun shipping. Last Friday, the company began shipping the Eiroa First 20 Years Diadema (8 x 60 x 48), the company’s exclusive release for TAA in 2018. The blend itself is slightly different from the regular Eiora First 20, ...
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Jas Sum Kral will allow retailers to place orders for its upcoming new cigar called Kralot. The cigar has been the works for the better part of a year. It uses a Mexican San Andrés, Nicaragua Somoto and Ometepe binders and fillers from Condega, Estelí and Jalapa. It will debut ...
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The Tobacco Plus Expo will grow next year. For TPE 2019, there will be three trade floor days instead of two, which has been previously been the norm. The show is also a few weeks later than it has been in prior years, taking place Feb. 11-13 (Monday-Friday). It will ...
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If there is one company that enjoys releasing high-priced cigars that aren’t parejos, it’s La Aurora. While belicosos, perfectos and salmones have fallen out of favor with many, the Dominican Republic’s oldest cigar manufacturer continues to roll them with no end in sight. There’s the La Aurora Preferidos—one of the ...
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The second iteration of Jas Sum Kral’s mixed filler Toothpicks will be heading to shops later this summer. At next month’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Jas Sum Kral will show off Toothpicks 2.0, a 5 x 50 robusto that uses a mixed filler. It’s offered in both Habano and ...
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Davidoff of Geneva USA has announced the nominees for its annual Golden Band Awards, which are given out to the brand’s retailers in the U.S. This year, the company has announced nominations for six of the awards, one less than last year, which included a Canadian award. Best Performance (Single Location) ...
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There will be two different Oliva Serie V Maduro 2018s. Back for the fifth consecutive year is the Oliva Serie V Maduro Double Toro (6 x 60, $10.50), but joining it for 2018 will be the Serie V Maduro Double Robusto (5 x 54, $9). The 5 x 54 size ...
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Nearly every square inch of parks and beaches in the state of New Jersey could be going smoke-free after the state’s legislature approved a bill on Thursday, sending it to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk for his signature. Thursday was a busy day for S2534, first passing the Senate by a ...
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The new-look non-Cuban Ramon Allones is now shipping. Last year, it was announced that General Cigar Co. had given A.J. Fernández the rights to produce and distribute the Cuban brand which has fallen out of favor in General’s extensive portfolio. Fernández created a four-size line that uses an Ecuadorian habano ...
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Warped Cigars’ second new release of the summer will also be quite thin. The company has announced that it will bring La Relatos The First, a 6 x 38 petit lancero, to next month’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. The cigar uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper over Nicaraguan fillers including ...
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) has vetoed a bill that would have made permanent a tax break for out-of-state tobacco sales, forcing at least one retailer to move. Under current law, any retailer that ships tobacco products out-of-state can claim a reimbursement for the state’s 40 percent tax on other tobacco ...
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OneOff cigars are back. Illusione has begun shipping OneOff, a cigar from the early 2000s with a cult-like following, including from Illusione’s owner, Dion Giolito. Like nearly all of Illusione’s portfolio, OneOff is being made at Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. (TABSA). Giolito declined to comment on the specific blend ...
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