Small Business Administration Raises Concerns with FDA About Deeming...
The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy is the latest group to contact the Food and Drug Administration with concerns over the proposed regulations that will effect the premium cigar...
View ArticleNew Jersey Park Smoking Ban Passes With Beach Amendment
Earlier today, the New Jersey Legislature passed a new law that will ban smoking in public parks, but after much debate, will allow for municipalities to designate parts of city beaches as smoking...
View ArticlePortrait: Ernesto Padilla
If you want to know what Ernesto Padilla is thinking, just ask him. The son of Heberto Padilla, the famed Cuban poet, does not mince words. His 11-year tenure in the cigar business has had its ups and...
View ArticleCigars Avoid U.K. Plain Packaging Requirement
Yesterday, the United Kingdom Department of Health (DH) launched a public consultation period regarding the latest plain packaging proposals for tobacco products. Formally titled, “Consultation on the...
View ArticleEpic Ships Corojo & Maduro Reserva, Extension Coming
In April, Epic Cigars began shipping its debut line, the Epic Corojo, roughly two months after the cigar was originally scheduled to debut. Dean Parsons told halfwheel his second line, the Epic Maduro...
View ArticleOcean City, N.J. Unanimously Passes Boardwalk Smoking Ban
As was largely expected, the Ocean City, N.J. City Council unanimously approved a smoking ban on the city’s boardwalk at its meeting on Thursday night, eliminating seven designated smoking areas,...
View ArticleDavidoff Diademas Finas
In 2006, Davidoff celebrated the 100th birthday of the company’s late founder, Zino Davidoff. It’s one of a host of cigars commemorating a century for the company in one fashion or another, but the...
View ArticleReinado Grand Empire Reserve Ecuador Edition (Prerelease)
In November, Reinado Cigars announced plans to introduce a new blend that would be the first non-Nicaraguan puro in their portfolio. Named the Reinado Grand Empire Reserve Ecuador Edition, the new...
View ArticleNorwood, N.J. Eyes Smoking Ban
While the State of New Jersey passed a smoking ban dealing with public parks and beaches, the borough of Norwood is eying a ban of its own that would extend to sidewalks and wooded areas. Earlier this...
View ArticleEpic Habano Coming at IPCPR 2014
Next month, Epic Cigars will release its third line when the IPCPR convention and trade show opens in Las Vegas, Nev. The Epic Habano predictably uses a habano wrapper from Ecuador along with a...
View ArticleVeritas 412 (Prelease)
Chatter about the Veritas 412 started hitting the internet in early April as the company teased the cigar’s release via its social media channels, with the cigar formally launching at the 2014 IPCPR...
View ArticleAVO 2nd Movement Arrives at TAA Locations
Late last week, multiple retailers began taking delivery of the AVO 2nd Movement, the Davidoff brand’s latest exclusive for members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA). The 6 1/4 x 47...
View ArticleEiroa CBT Maduro Arrives Early
The maduro version of the eponymous Eiroa line is now in stores. Multiple retailers have received small shipments of the new Eiroa CBT Maduro, the company’s flagship maduro line. Christian Eiroa’s...
View ArticleBremerton, Wash. Moves Towards Voluntary Smoking Ban
Rather than trying to pass and enforce a law against smoking, the Bremerton Parks and Recreation Commission voted in favor of a voluntary smoking ban for the city’s public parks. While the Commission...
View ArticleNew Jersey Senate Approves 21-Year Tobacco Purchasing Age
The State of New Jersey moved one step closer to becoming the first state to require those purchasing tobacco to be 21-years-old when the New Jersey Senate passed S. 602 earlier today. The bill now...
View ArticleTobacco Purchase Age in Arlington, Mass. Increases Today
As of today, you must be 20-years-old to purchase tobacco in Arlington, Mass. The first step of new purchasing age regulations goes into effect today, with the second half—requiring customers to be at...
View ArticleQuesada España Ninfa Heads West to AVVA Cigars & Wine
This month’s box of the Quesada España Ninfa will land in Oregon, as AVVA Cigars & Wine in Salem, Ore. will be receiving the July cabinet of 7 x 33 Españas. It’s the furthest west the España Ninfa...
View ArticleHawai’i County Raises Tobacco Purchase Age to 21 Today
Starting today, you must be at least 21-years-old to purchase tobacco products in Hawai’i County, unless you happen to be at least 18 years old today. Last November, the Hawai’i County Council voted...
View ArticleWarped Goes Nicaragua With Flor Del Valle
The ever-expanding portfolio of Warped Cigars is gaining another brand, Flor Del Valle. It’s the first brand the company has announced that will not be rolled at El Titan de Bronze in Miami, everything...
View ArticleGriffin’s Ships Anniversary Edition 2014 Club Series II
Davidoff has begun shipping the Griffin’s Anniversary Edition 2014 Club Series II, the brand’s latest annual release. The cigar marks two different anniversary, 50 years of The Griffin’s, a private...
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