Grandview Heights, Ohio Increases Tobacco Purchase and Consumption Age to 21...
Soon it will not only be illegal for a purchase under the age of 21 to purchase a tobacco product, but also to be in possession of one, as the city council of Grandview Heights, Ohio passed an...
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Cigar News Colibri Announces New Boss Lighter Ditka Game Time Launching Next Month Drew Estate Announces Shady Southpaw Drew Estate Launches Exclusive Lounge Sizes Espinosa Ships Especial — Review...
View ArticleFoundation Ships El Güegüense
Nicholas Melillo’s debut cigar is debuting. El Güegüense, the first release from Melillo’s Foundation Cigar Co., is now on its way to retailers. The Nicaraguan puro is made at Tabacos Valle de Jalapa...
View ArticleSTG Launches Macanudo Inspirado Black
At last week’s Inter-tabac 2015 trade fair in Dortmund, Germany, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) showed off its newest cigar, the Macanudo Inspirado Black. It’s the follow-up to the Inspirado line...
View ArticleFedEx Ending Tobacco Shipping Next Year
FedEx has announced that it will stop shipping tobacco products within the United States as of Jan. 5, 2016, the result of what the company describes as “a complex regulatory environment and a...
View ArticleCasper, Wyo. Voters to Decide Smoking Ban’s Future
While it looked like the Casper City Council was on track to repeal the city’s previous smoking bans, at a special meeting on Tuesday night they decided to put the matter in the hands of voters. Just a...
View ArticleTobacco Retailer License Still Possible in Sonoma County, Calif.
Legislators in Sonoma County, Calif. are still not sure whether they will implement a new $630 annual fee on the 140 or so tobacco retailers outside city limits. On Tuesday night, the Sonoma County...
View ArticleContest: NUb Lighter + Cigars
To help promote its new NUb Lighter, Oliva Cigar Co. wants one halfwheel reader to have one for free. It doesn’t seem fair to send you a triple flame NUb lighter without any NUb cigars, so they are...
View ArticleAstoria, Ore. Bans Smoking in Parks
On Monday, the Astoria City Council voted 4-1 to ban smoking in parks in the northwestern Oregon city. The ban, which applies to all tobacco use, will go into effect in 30 days. Astoria has a...
View ArticlePercy Ray Cigars Coming from Nate McIntyre
Nate McIntyre, the Eastern U.S. sales manager for Cubanacan Cigars, has announced that he will be branching out with his own cigar line later this year, an annual limited edition called Percy Ray...
View ArticleMacanudo Estate Reserve 2015 No. 9 (Prerelease)
In 2013, to honor the 45th anniversary of Macanudo, General Cigar Co. introduced the Estate Reserve Series, a limited edition release that would use rare tobaccos from the company’s vast array of...
View ArticleL’Atelier Extension de la Racine ER15
Cigar companies have been using exclusive cigars as an incentive for retailers who attend the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show for a number of years, and in 2013, L’Atelier Imports unveiled its...
View ArticleVegaFina Nicaragua Expands Internationally with 8-9-8
Altadis is growing its VegaFina Nicaragua line, but the latest addition isn’t coming to the United States–at least not yet. The VegaFina Nicaragua 8-9-8 was unveiled at last week’s Inter-tabac trade...
View ArticleViaje TNT (2015)
Since debuting in 2010, the Viaje TNT has been one of the company’s staple limited editions, generally showing up in early summer along with a handful of other cigars including the Summerfest and C-4....
View ArticleQuai d’Orsay Robusto Diplomatico Expected in France By Year’s End
There’s a good chance that the 2015 Edición Regional for France may actually make it to retail by the end of the year, something that has become increasingly hard to say for cigars in Habanos S.A.’s...
View ArticleCrowned Heads Adds Four Kicks Lancero to H-Town Series
Next month, Crowned Heads will add the first new vitola to the Four Kicks line in more than three years. The new size is a 7 1/2 x 38 lancero that is being produced exclusively for Houston, Texas-based...
View ArticleD’Crossier Adding Imperium Class Vintage Wide Toro
Pure Aroma Cigars Inc., the parent of the D’Crossier brand, is now shipping its newest vitola, the Imperium Class Vintage Wide Toro. The 5 1/8 x 58 double robusto has been in the works for two years,...
View ArticleCroMagnon Pestera Muierilor
In late 2013, RoMa Craft Tobac released a sampler of cigars, including two each of its four brands at the time in a perfecto vitola. It was known as the El Catador de los Perfectos, and it was the...
View ArticleAVO Syncro Nicaragua Special Toro
Last year, Davidoff of Geneva USA announced plans for a makeover of the AVO brand, including design changes to the logos and bands as well as removing more than half of the products in the brand’s...
View ArticleEpic Maduro Reserva Lancero
Last year, Epic Cigars launched their brand with two lines – the Maduro Reserva and the Corojo. Shortly after we reviewed the prerelease Maduro Reserva Robusto, the blend was changed, swapping out the...
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