In Ulster County, N.Y., when the new year is rung in, it will also signal an increase to the age to purchase tobacco products as the county’s legislature unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday that will make 21-years-old the new minimum to purchase tobacco products. According to a report by DailyFreeman.com, ...
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A special version of RoMa Craft Tobac’s Aquitaine EMH is now shipping to stores. The Aquitaine EMH Saber Tooth is the same 5 x 56 size as the regular EMH and is nearly identical blend-wise, but it has a small Ecuadorian Connecticut stripe running down the normal Ecuadorian habano ligero wrapper. It’s ...
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The Wickliffe City Council approved the third and final reading of an ordinance to raise the minimum age tobacco products from 18 to 21-years-old. The ordinance passed by a 4-3 vote at the council’s meeting on May 29, with the three council members voting no citing both economic impacts and ...
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Last year, Joya de Nicaragua introduced a new three viola brand built around the blend of its popular Antaño 1970 line. The Antaño Gran Reserva retains the same corojo oscuro wrapper and fillers from the original blend with the fillers aged for up to five years. According to to Juan Ignacio Martinez, ...
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For its contribution to the 2018 Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series Program, General Cigar Co. released a new cigar for its CAO brand, the CAO Estelí. While the name may suggest one thing, the blend isn’t quite what you would infer. The cigar uses a wrapper from Nicaragua’s ...
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Cano Aret Ozgener, the founder of CAO, passed away Saturday at the age of 81 following a long battle with cancer. Ozgener was born in Istanbul in 1937, but moved to the U.S. in 1962 to attend Columbia University. He would study to become an engineer and worked for DuPont for ...
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Cigar News A.J. Fernández Shipping Ramón Allones AGANORSA Leaf Signature Series Debuting at IPCPR 2018 Altadis U.S.A. Announces Romeo y Julieta 1875 Nicaragua Amadeus Los Cabos Slated for National Release at IPCPR 2018 Blind Faith by Alec & Bradley to Debut at IPCPR 2018 Black Label Trading Co. & Island ...
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Last week, attorneys from three cigar trade groups filed a motion seeking to delay the implementation of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) warning label requirements. The motion seeks for either an injunction of the warning label requirements or a postponement of the warning labels—set to take effect Aug. ...
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Another ACID Subculture is returning. Two Guys Smoke Shop has announced that the ACID Amigos has returned to the New Hampshire-based store. The 5 x 38 corona uses a Connecticut shade wrapper over a blend of Nicaraguan fillers with aromatic infusion. The cigars are packaged in boxes of 40, though ...
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The first La Gloria Cubana Edición Regional for Spain has arrived on shelves. It’s the La Gloria Cubana Serie D No.5, a 4 1/3 (110mm) x 50 parejo, the same size as the Partagás Serie D No.5. Pricing is set at €7.50 ($8.84) per cigar and it is sold in boxes ...
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The Davidoff Diademas Finas will return. As part of the brand’s 50th anniversary, the iconic cigar—released in 2006 for the 100th birthday of Zino Davidoff—will return. “If Davidoff had a signature, it would be written with this exceptional Diademas Finas cigar,” said Edward Simon, head of global marketing and innovation ...
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Eric Hanson, the founder and chairman of Klin Groupe, LLC, the parent of Hammer + Sickle, has passed away. “At Klin Groupe, we are obviously devastated at the passing of Eric Hanson, the chairman of the company, the founder of the company,” said Anthony Faletra, the company’s president, in a ...
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C.Gars Ltd.’s latest online auction of rare, aged and vintage Cuban cigars is now open, with just over 350 lots up for grabs. The auction is highlighted by an undated 100-count cabinet of Ramón Allones Petit Coronas that is expected to fetch between £5,000 and £6,000, approximately $6,700 to $8,000. ...
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As part of the 50th anniversary of the Davidoff brand, the Swiss company has announced a collection of accessories and an event. The accessory collection is highlighted by a new series of humidors made in collaboration with Mariane Léger. There are four different designs, each featuring hand-woven fabrics. Léger also designed the ...
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The Avon Lakes City Council passed a pair of smoking bans at their meeting on Monday, one that will will ban the use of tobacco in parks and a second that bans tobacco use on nearly all other city-owned property. The first ban covers the city’s municipal parks and prohibits ...
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THere’s a new size to the H. Upmann Nicaragua by AJ Fernandez line. It’s a 6 1/8 x 52 box-pressed belicoso, the fourth size for the line which was introduced last year. “H. Upmann has been around for almost 175 years, and it’s been exciting to see this collaboration with ...
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The 2018 edition of the Las Calaveras is now shipping. Crowned Heads has begun shipping the fifth rendition of its annual limited edition series. As in years past, the line features four sizes and artwork inspired by La Calavera Catrina, a zinc etching by José Guadalupe Posada. The company has always stated ...
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As part of Casa Fernández’s rebranding to AGNORSA Leaf, the company has updated packaging for two of its lines and changed one of their names. The Casa Fernández ANGAORSA Connecticut, or TABSA Connecticut or AGANORSA Leaf TABSA Connecticut, is now known as the AGANORSA Leaf Connecticut. It now has packaging ...
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After nearly two months of protests, deaths and failed negotiations, the crisis in Nicaragua has hit a new level as far as the cigar industry is concerned. Over the weekend, the Salvadoran Association of International Freight Carriers (ASTIC) publicly announced that it was no longer sending cargo on Nicaraguan highways ...
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The Rocky Patel Fifteenth Anniversary will soon be showing up on shelves with a redesigned look, as today the company previewed the line’s updated packaging. “For years, the Fifteenth Anniversary has succeeded because of its character, strength and complexity,” said Mark Weissenberger, vp of marketing, via a press release. “It ...
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