Viaje will release a trio of cigars this month, all with a Halloween tie. The Viaje Full Moon and Full Moon Edición Limitada will return in 2019. Both cigars measure 5 x 58. The regular Full Moon, which debuted in 2013, is a Nicaraguan puro, whereas the Edición Limitada uses a Mexican wrapper over a Nicaraguan...Read More

It started out as an exclusive for the Tobacconists’ Association of America, but today the La Palina Blue Label is heading to all La Palina accounts across the country. In addition, the company is adding two new sizes to the line, a robusto and gordo, bring it to three sizes: La Palina Blue Label Robusto...Read More

The Rocky Patel Aged Limited Rare Second Edition is on its way to retailers, the company has announced. As the company tells the story, the cigars were blended by Rocky in 2017 and then left in the aging room of the TAVICUSA factory in Estelí to rest. They use a Mexican San Andrés wrapper, over...Read More

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has banned the sale of flavored tobacco products within the city of Los Angeles and other unincorporated parts of the county. Beginning Oct. 31, the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes, will be banned. Retailers will also be prohibited from selling individual small...Read More

The latest addition to General Cigar Co.’s Macanudo line is on its way to retailers. The Macanudo Heritage Nuevo, which is described as “an intriguing new take on its classic Café blend,” replaces the U.S.-grown Connecticut shade wrapper of the Café with an Ecuadorian Connecticut shade wrapper from an independent grower in the Los Rios...Read More

The second collaboration between Drew Estate and Shady Records, the ShadyXX, has begun arriving at Drew Diplomat retailers. It’s a 5 x 50 box-pressed belicoso that uses a blend similar to that of the Undercrown Corona ¡Viva!, using a Mexican San Andrés wrapper, Connecticut stalk cut habano binder and filler leaves from Nicaragua and Brazil....Read More

The minimum age to purchase tobacco in Ohio is now 21, or more specfically, will be 21. Ohio’s new tobacco purchasing age law, which increases the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21, goes into effect today. The law means the new minimum age to purchase tobacco will be 21, except for those...Read More