Meriden, Conn. Snuffs Out Smoking in Parks
A proposal to ban smoking at city owned and maintained parks and recreation areas barely passed through the Meriden City Council on Monday, but a 7-5 vote was enough to pass the anti-smoking ordinance....
View ArticleMLB Cigar Ventures Bringing the Ehrlich Name to Cigars
MLB Cigar Ventures will have a pair of new cigar lines at this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show; the first of which is the Imperia Islero, an extension to the company’s core line and has been...
View ArticleCottonwood, Ariz. to Increase Tobacco Purchase Age
Next month, the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in Cottonwood, Ariz. will increase to 21-years-old after the city council unanimously approved the proposal on Tuesday night. Despite the...
View ArticleBeach Haven, N.J. Extinguishes Smoking on Beaches and in Parks
While the New Jersey legislature once again debates a statewide beach smoking ban, the Long Beach Island resort borough of Beach Haven has passed its own ban that will go into effect on June 8. The new...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Tobacco Purchase Age Increase Becomes Law
A set of anti-tobacco bills, including one that raises the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21-years-old, will soon be law as Gov. Jerry Brown put his signature on nearly all of them...
View ArticleLong Beach, N.Y. Bans Smoking at Beaches, Parks and Boardwalk
Just in time for the upcoming summer season, the Long Beach, N.Y. City Council has implemented a ban on smoking at all city parks, beaches and recreation areas, as well as the boardwalk area. The...
View ArticleFDA Announcing Cigar Regulations Today
Update: FDA has announced its rules, it will regulate premium cigars. The day has come. Later today, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to announced its finalized rule regarding...
View ArticleFDA Chooses Option 1, Will Regulate Premium Cigars
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced its plans to regulate deemed tobacco products and it does not look good for cigar smokers. The agency chose Option 1, the harsher of the two...
View Article5 Takeaways from FDA’s Decision to Regulate Cigars
Earlier this morning, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced its finalized plans to regulate deemed products, including cigars. Here are the basics and a few quick takeaways from the...
View ArticleHeadley Grange Black Dog Dobles
There is a certain expectation in the cigar industry that when a new line comes out in a natural wrapper, a maduro version is almost certain to follow. It’s not a universal by any means, but look...
View ArticleEditor’s Note: May 6, 2016
Yesterday was not a good day for cigar smokers. It was not a good day for everyone working in this business. It certainly wasn’t my favorite day of the year. But, at the end of the day, the sun went...
View ArticleScranton, Pa. Establishes Smoke Free Parks
The Scranton City Council unanimously passed a ban on smoking and the use of all tobacco products for its city parks during its meeting on Wednesday night, with the ban expected to go into effect by...
View ArticleGeneral Shows Off New Toraño Look With Four New Vault Blends
In September 2014 General Cigar Co. acquired the Toraño portfolio. Now, 20 months later, the company is ready to release its first new product since the acquisition. It’s a series of four new blends,...
View ArticleAsk halfwheel: What is the Best Way to Rehydrate Cigars?
Back again for perhaps our shortest question and answer in the Ask halfwheel series. This week’s question comes from reader Mike, who didn’t bother to write more than one line, which is fine, because...
View ArticleL’Atelier Ships La Mission 1955
The latest La Mission de L’Atelier is off to stores. It’s a 6 3/4 x 44 lonsdale named 1955, named after the first of what is now seven vintages where Château La Mission Haut-Brion has received a...
View ArticleAnnouncing Our New Partnership With Kiss My Ash Radio
A month or so ago Abe Dababneh, the host of Kiss My Ash Radio and proprietor of South Florida-based Smoke Inn, contacted me asking if we would like to provide a weekly segment to the Kiss My Ash radio...
View ArticleDrew Estate to Release FSG Blends in June
It’s not a huge secret that since 2013, Drew Estate has been working with tobacco grown in Florida by Jeff Borysiewicz, fermenting it in their Estelí, Nicaragua factory. Next month consumers will get...
View ArticleLast Call by A.J. Fernandez
Earlier this year, attendees of factory tours at A.J. Fernandez’s Tabacalera Fernandez S.A. began posting about various new projects that he was working on, one of which was known simply as Last Call....
View ArticleMontgomery County, Pa. Bans Smoking in County Parks
A new ban on smoking will soon be coming to select parks across Montgomery County, Pa., as county commissioners approved the proposal to prevent lighting up during their meeting Thursday. The ban will...
View ArticleNoxio Robusto
For the last year or so, a relatively small Dominican cigar maker has been making plans to launch its two cigar lines in the United States, and in March, it released its first batch of cigars...
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