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Drew Estate’s Blackened Line Launching Internationally
Drew Estate’s popular Blackened cigar lines–the M81 Maduro to the Core and S84 Shade to Black–have launched to...
J.C. Newman Ships 2024 Brick House Bricktoberfest Cigars
J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is now shipping the 2024 release of Brick House Bricktoberfest to 113 retailers across the U.S....
Black Star Line Cigars Announces Yasuke
Black Star Line Cigars and Cigar Dojo have teamed up for a limited-edition premium cigar release named after the...
Meerapfel Launches Création Liberté 2024
Meerapfel Cigar has launched Création Liberté, a cigar created to help fund cigar rights movements around the world....
Puro Sabor 2025 Registration Now Open
For several years, Nicaragua has been a top exporter of premium cigars into the U.S. With some of the premium cigar...
PCA Shops and Lounges to Visit in Chicago During DNC
This week, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Government Affairs team will be heading to Chicago with thousands of...
Davidoff of Geneva USA Exhibiting at PCA25 in New Orleans
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) is excited to welcome back Davidoff of Geneva USA as an exhibitor at its annual...
Limited Release of Dissident Molotov 2024 Announced
Dissident Cigars, a boutique cigar brand owned by Cynn Coburn, has announced the limited release of Molotov 2024. This...
PCA Remembers Joel Sherman, Former Owner of Nat Sherman
Joel Sherman, longtime tobacconist and former CEO and owner of Nat Sherman, passed away on September 9, 2024, at the...
Aganorsa Leaf Tobacco Processing Facility Suffers Major Fire
A major fire ravaged a crucial tobacco processing facility owned by Aganorsa Leaf, one of Nicaragua’s premier tobacco...
Maya Selva Announces VZ Danlí and Año de la Serpiente
Maya Selva Cigars has announced the upcoming release within the Villa Zamorano line, the VZ Danlí. Available as a 6 x...
AJ Fernandez Brings The Goat to the U.S.
AJ Fernandez Cigar Company has begun distributing The Goat in the U.S. market. The Goat was originally an exclusive...
JM Tobacco Adds Española Year of the Dragon to Core Line
JM Tobacco has announced that the Española Year of the Dragon cigars will become a permanent addition to JM Tobacco’s...
Wild Bill’s Celebrates 30th Anniversary with “Cars, Cigars, and Big Ash” Event
Get ready for an unforgettable weekend as Wild Bill’s Tobacco, Michigan’s largest tobacco retailer and the second...
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Reveals Strong Second Quarter 2024 Performance
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has released a new report detailing its second quarter 2024 performance. Highlights...
La Aurora Releasing New Miniature Format Cigars in September
La Aurora is getting ready for cooler weather with the upcoming release of a small format cigar. The Dominican-based...
Plasencia Teams Up with October London for Cigar Lounge Tour
Plasencia Cigars is teaming up with Billboard chart-topping R&B signer October London for what it is calling a...
Aganorsa Leaf’s Supreme Leaf Gets Exclusive International Vitolas
Aganorsa Leaf is releasing two new Supreme Leaf vitolas for the international market. These new vitolas feature the...
Micallef Red Announced
Micallef Cigars has announced its next release, the Micallef Red, part of the company’s Color Series. Micallef Red...
E.P. Carrillo Teams up with Plasencia for E.P. Carrillo Honduras
E.P. Carrillo is gearing up to release the next cigar in its Essence Cigars, the E.P. Carrillo Honduras. The third...
Drunk Chicken Cigars Introduces New Anniversary Packaging
Drunk Chicken Cigars has released its black and gold anniversary cigar boxes to commemorate its fifth-year...
Ceniza Fina Cigars Adds New Robusto Gordo Vitola to Line
Ceniza Fina Cigars has added a new vitola to its cigar line–a box-pressed robusto gordo. This new size of Ceniza Fina...
Tatuaje Shipping Monster Smash Sampler to Retailers in September
For 2024, Tatuaje Cigars will once again be resurrecting its Monster line with a brand new sampler. The company has...
FDA Issues Final Rule for Tobacco 21
At long last, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has released its Final Rule...