VegaFina Sumum Edición Especial 2010 Returns
Atladis U.S.A. is expanding the once-limited VegaFina Sumum Edicion Especial 2010 to include three sizes. The company has announced that in addition to the original 5 x 54 size, a toro and 6 x 60 will...
View ArticleLimited Edition Edgar Hoill Lancero Headed to DC Cigar Tweetup
Edgar Hoill Cigars will be releasing a 7 x 38 lancero in the EH blend at the 2014 DC Cigar Tweetup. Edgar Hoill told halfwheel production details have not been finalized, but there will be between...
View ArticleCigar Family 163
Started by the Fuente and Newman families in 1996, the Cigar Family website was originally envisioned as a place for cigar lovers to congregate on the fairly new (at the time) internet. It eventually...
View ArticleUtah Takes A Step Toward Raising Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
A bill in the Utah State Senate that would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 19 to 21 passed its first test on Thursday as the Senate Senate Health and Human Services Committee...
View ArticleEvansville, Ind. Could Get Their Smoking Ban Back
A bit of a legal technicality could reinstate the Evansville, Ind. smoking ban recently passed and then overturned by the Indiana Supreme Court. 14News.com reports that after a meeting between City...
View ArticleColorado Gets Closer to Raising Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
Colorado took another step to becoming the first state in the country to require purchasers of tobacco to be at least 21 years of age, as House Bill 1263 passed the House Health, Insurance, and...
View ArticleOntario, Canada Looking at Several Tobacco Policy Changes
A number of changes are currently under consideration in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, as Bill 131, known as the Youth Smoking Prevention Act of 2013, received its second reading on Wednesday....
View ArticleCrux Cigars To Launch April 1
After more than two years of development, Jeff Haugen and Joel Rogers, co-owners of Tobacco Grove in Maple Grove, Minn., are preparing to release their first two cigars under the new Crux Cigars label:...
View ArticleHenderson County, NC Bans Smoking Around County Buildings
The Board of Commissioners of Henderson County, NC, modified their existing smoke-free policy on Wednesday, with the result being that smokers will be pushed farther away from the entrances to county...
View ArticlePunch Rare Corojo Returns With Rare Salomones
General Cigar Co.’s annual Punch Rare Corojo should begin arriving in retailers, quite possibly today, with a large new salmones. The 7 1/4 x 57 Rare Salomones is the latest edition to the Rare Corojo...
View ArticleForest Grove, Ore. Eyes Park Smoking Ban
A few weeks after smoking in state parks was banned in Oregon, a city outside of Portland is close to banning smoking in city parks. The Forest Grove Parks and Recreation Committee will draft...
View ArticleSea Girt, N.J. Could Ban Beachfront Smoking
The small oceanside borough of Sea Girt, N.J. could soon consider a ban on smoking on the beach, as Councilman Michael Mulroy told StarNewsGroup.com that he is planning to propose a beach-area smoking...
View ArticlePress Release: JM Tobacco Rolls Out Third Long-Filler Boutique Cigar, the JM...
February 10, 2014 (Los Angeles, Calif.)–JM Tobacco’s new Dominican Classic Habano joins the Connecticut and Maduro versions of their long-awaited boutique premium cigars. The line debuted in late...
View ArticlePress Release: Arango Cigar Co. Adds New Private Label Romeo y Julieta...
February 8, 2014 (Northbrook, Ill.)–Announcing the latest premium cigar offering from Arango Cigar Co., President Michael Gold states, “We are pleased to include Romeo & Julieta as the most recent...
View Article90 Miles Reserva Selecta Gordo
Late last year, Flor de Gonzales announced plans to release a 6 x 60 size in two of the company’s 90 Miles lines. While the 90 Miles 1980 Gordo is in stock at a few places, I have not seen the 90 Miles...
View ArticleMonsdale
When it comes to the retail side of the Cuban cigar industry, Enrique Mons could be considered the most well-known person in the business. Mons oversaw quality control for Cubatabaco in the 1970s and...
View ArticleWeekly News (February 24, 2014)
Habanos S.A. 2014 Release List Emerges VegaFina Sumum Edición Especial 2010 Returns With Three Vitolas Asylum Ogre Extensions Announced Partagas 1845 Extra Fuerte Coming Asylum 13 99 Problems Coming...
View ArticleHabanos Once Again Claims Eight Percent Increase In Sales
Habanos S.A. announced this morning that revenue for Cuban cigars totaled $447 million in 2013, an eight percent increase over 2012, which totaled $416 million. It’s the fourth consecutive year of...
View ArticleMy Father Cigars Confirms La Antiguedad
After teasing My Father Cigar’s newest line, La Antiguedad, with a photo posted to social media two weeks ago, Janny García has shared several details of the new release. “We have had this name in mind...
View ArticleAVO Releases Quartet Sampler
After showing it off at the 2013 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show last July, AVO has finally released the Quartet sampler, a four-pack of cigars that now includes a mystery blend. Not much was said...
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