Russian Smoking Ban Takes Effect
Smoking in restaurants, bars, hotels and trains is now illegal in Russia. The new law went into effect today as the country publicly tries to reduce its smokers. The law has received pushback from both...
View ArticleXIKAR PuroTemp Wireless Hygrometer
Wireless hygrometers have been around for some time, but their introduction to the cigar market has been slow. I’m not entirely sure what the reason is, but if I had to guess, it’s because their value...
View ArticleBridgeport, Conn. Rejects Smoking Ban Advances
Officials in Bridgeport, Conn. rejected a smoking ban proposal at parks and other outdoor public areas on various grounds. While the matter never went to a formal vote, various City Council members...
View ArticleWeekly News (June 2, 2014)
Cigar News Nestor Miranda Collection Debuts This Week My Father Ships La Antiguedad Eiora Maduro Announced Viaje Ships Skull and Bones FOAB, MOAB and Cloudmaker, Romand Candle & Zombie Antidote New...
View ArticleForest Grove Reverse Course, Expands Proposed Smoking Ban
A week after Forest Grove, Ore. removed the inclusion of all city-owned or leased properties as part of a proposed smoking ban, it’s back on the table. The Forest Grove City Council voted on a smoking...
View ArticleSt. Joseph, Mo. Smoking Ban Taking Effect This Month
The never-ending saga of the St. Joseph, Mo. smoking ban took one step towards a resolution when a judge rejected an injunction as part of a civil suit over the legality of an exemption granted to a...
View ArticleRoMa Craft Tobac Teases Box-Pressed Intemperance BA XXI
Later this year, a box-pressed version of the Intemperance BA XXI will arrive on the market as a single store exclusive. Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac tweeted a picture of prototypes, which he...
View ArticleA.J. Fernandez Announces Robbie Streitz As New National Sales Manager
Robbie Streitz will replace Spence Drake as the national sales manager for A.J. Fernandez. The news come after Drake informed the company of his resignation last month. Streitz formerly held the same...
View ArticleReinado Announces Grand Empire Reserve Ecuador Edition
Reinado’s plans for a Connecticut have turned. The company has announced that it will be release the Grand Empire Reserve Connecticut Edition in a single 6 x 38 size. It follows the release of the...
View ArticleDon Pepin Garcia 10th Anniversary
For the 2013 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, My Father Cigars put one cigar front and center, the Don Pepin Garcia 10th Anniversary. The cigar was a celebration of the decade that El Rey de Los...
View ArticleOklahoma Smoking Bans & Age Restrictions Fail
The end of May meant the end of the Oklahoma Legislature’s current session. With that, a variety of proposed tobacco-related laws. Oklahoma is now the sixth state to have a minimum purchasing age...
View ArticleYarmouth, Mass. Raises Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
The Cape Cod town of Yarmouth, Mass. will soon be raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age, as the town’s Board of Health voted 3-2 on Monday in favor of the...
View ArticleFratello Slates Boxer for June
Fratello will release its first extension to the company’s eponymous line this month. The Fratello Boxer, a 6 1/4 x 52 box-pressed torpedo, will debut at Old Virginia Tobacco Co. in Woodbridge, Va.,...
View ArticleRobert Levin Named New CRA Chairman
Robert Levin has been named the new chairman of Cigar Rights of America (CRA). The announcement comes only a few days after Jeff Borysiewicz, a co-founder of the organization, announced his...
View ArticleCAO’s Son of Uncle Sam Now Sinister Sam (Update)
The recently announced Son of Uncle Sam project from CAO is getting a new name, as Rick Rodriguez told halfwheel that the project will now be known as Sinister Sam. Rodriguez said the original name, a...
View ArticleCAO Cyclone
For what many consumers might think of as a big, mainstream brand like CAO, it has been on a tear of releasing small batch, limited production cigars as of late, something generally found done by much...
View ArticleCasa Bella Maduro Heads to Retail
Sindicato Cigars has quietly released its new Casa Bella Maduro to a handful of retailers over the past few weeks, with a full rollout expected this month. Following up on the original Casa Bella,...
View ArticleAsylum Begins Shipping Extra Large Cigar Cases
Asylum Cigars has begun shipping its new line of cigar cases made for the company’s lines of extra large cigars. In theory, the cases will be able to hold cigars a large as 8 x 80 ring gauge, even...
View ArticleManhattan Beach, Calif. Expands Smoking Ban
An expansion of the Manhattan Beach, Calif. smoking ban met no opposition on Tuesday night as the city council voted 5-0 in favor of prohibiting smoking in a majority of public places. The passage of...
View ArticleGautier, Miss. Passes Smoking Ban
It split the city council on Tuesday night, but a new limited smoking ban will be coming to Gautier, Miss. as the governing body voted 4-3 in favor of the new regulations. Gautier Mayor Gordon Gollott...
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