News: Vernon Hills, Ill. Enacts More Parking Smoking Restrictions
The Village of Vernon Hills is further extending its ban on park smoking. After weighing less restrictive measures, the park district commission has announced that smoking will be prohibited 15 feet...
View ArticlePress Release: 1,000th Mammoth Xi3 Cutter To Be Auctioned To Benefit Cigars...
December 4, 2013 (Kansas City, MO) — XIKAR, Inc. is proud to announce the production of their 1,000th Fossil Mammoth Ivory Xi3 cutter. To celebrate this milestone and to honor our military service men...
View ArticleNews: Ashton Releases ESG 24 Year Salute
Just in time for the holidays, Ashton’s first expansion to the Estate Sun Grown line in two years is now heading to shelves. The Ashton ESG 24 Year Salute began shipping last week nationally according...
View ArticleNews: Hungary Bans Tobacco Sales in Grocery Stores and Gas Stations
Hungary has enacted a ban that will take tobacco products out of grocery stores and gas stations and move them into “National Tobacco Shops,” and the move could end up costing them a significant amount...
View ArticleReview: Nirvana Toro (Prerelease)
A few months after Royal Gold was announced, the new premium cigar division from Swisher International, the company announced—in a roundabout way—that it would be adding a fourth brand made by Drew...
View ArticleNews: La Aurora 107 Fraternidad Heads South
There’s a new regional release from Miami Cigar & Co. heading to Kansas Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, the La Aurora 107 Fraternidad. It’s a 6 1/2 x 42 Lonsdale limited to 200 21-count boxes....
View ArticleNews: Partagás Lusitanias Gran Reserva Arrives in Stores
Hunters & Frankau, the U.K. importer for Cuban cigars, has announced that it has received the Partagás Lusitanias Gran Reserva Cosecha 2007 and is beginning to send them to stores. The 7 5/8 x 49...
View ArticleNews: Benji Menendez to Retire
Benjamin “Benji” Menendez will be retiring a the end of year. According to a report from A Cigar Smoker’s Journal, the 77-year-old who is serving as General Cigar Co.’s senior vice-president of premium...
View ArticleIcons of Cigars: Nestor Andrés Plasencia
It is safe to say that Nestor Andrés Plasencia is one of the more influential people in the tobacco industry today, and yet I am willing to bet that 99 percent of people in the cigar business would not...
View ArticleNews: Berkeley, Calif. Bans Smoking in Apartments
Last night, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to prohibit smoking in apartments and other multi-family housing developments. The law, which goes into effect in May, would ban smoking inside...
View ArticleReview: My Father Le Bijou 1922 Robusto
Introduced in 2009 at the annual IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, the My Father Le Bijou 1922 line was the second core line for My Father Cigars, preceded by the original My Father line. This new cigar...
View ArticleNews: Viaje Announces Christmas Tree, Changes Holiday Blend Plans
Andre Farkas hinted that there was something else expected alongside Holiday Blend 2013, that was probably Holiday Blend Christmas Tree, a project the Viaje founder showed off today. It will however...
View ArticleNews: Paul Stulac Teases New “No Dress Code” Line
Paul Stulac Cigars took to social media on Thursday to tease their upcoming new cigar line, called “No Dress Code.” The company posted the following picture on their social media channels, showing just...
View ArticleNews: Boutique Blends Announces New T59 Blend (Update)
Boutique Blends has announced their next blend, a cigar chosen by consumers via the company’s recent Wild Pack promotion. The forthcoming Aging Room T59 will be released in five sizes, with production...
View ArticlePress Release: Gurkha Cigar Group Welcomes the Long Awaited Release of the...
November 25, 2013 (Tamarac, Fla.) — After much anticipation, the Gurkha Cigar Group is proud to announce the arrival and release of the Pedro Martin Limited Edition Cigar. With only five hundred boxes...
View ArticleNews: Centre County (PA) Bans Smoking on County Property
Centre County, Pennsylvania has jumped on the wave of banning smoking, as county commissioners voted 2-1 to enact the ban, which will begin on April 1, 2014. The ban affects the courthouse, Willowbank...
View ArticlePress Release: NY IPCPR Members Will Find Huge Savings Starting This Holiday...
December 6, 2013 (Columbus, Ga.)–The IPCPR state affiliate, the New York Tobacconist Association (NYTA), in a joint effort with the Cigar Association of America (CAA) was able to work with the New York...
View ArticleNews: Sampson County (NC) Enacts Ban On Tobacco Use On County Property
A county wide ban has come to tobacco country, as this week the Board of Commissioners in Sampson County, North Carolina unanimously passed a sweeping tobacco use ban when on county property. According...
View ArticleReview: La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero A Oscuro Natural Collector’s Edition
In 2007, La Flor Dominicana released 5,000 of its first Gran Corona-sized cigar, the La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Oscuro Natural A which used Dominican fillers and binder covered by a Ecuadorian...
View ArticleNews: Hopkinton, Mass. Board of Health Rejects Tobacco Purchase Age Increase...
This week the Hopkinton, Mass. Board of Health rejected a proposal to increase the minimum age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21, rebuffing a campaign from a doctor who has been pushing cities and towns...
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