S.T.Dupont Line 2 Slim Debuts
The smallest S.T.Dupont Line 2 is now in stores, the Line 2 Slim. It’s part of a revamp of the French company’s iconic Line 2…
Room101 Cigars Brings Back Death Bucket
It’s not the official name of the cigar as Matt Booth says there isn’t one, but the Room101 Death Bucket is making a limited return….
Glynn Loope Leaving Cigar Rights of America Later This Year
Glynn Loope, the longtime executive director and face of Cigar Rights of America (CRA), will step down on Nov. 4, 2020, the day after the…
Appeals Court Gives Green Light for FDA Substantial Equivalence Delay to September
As expected, a federal appeals court will allow for a 120-day delay of FDA’s substantial equivalence deadline—currently set for May 12—due to the coronavirus COVID-19…
OpusX 2020 Sol d’Amor
In November 2017, Arturo Fuente released its first exclusive creation for Dubai during an event held at the Mercury Lounge at the Four Seasons Jumeirah. Appropriately…
Oscar Butler Departs Indianhead Cigars
Oscar Butler has departed Indianhead Cigars, a move that was made effective April 15. Butler had been the company’s director of operations since August 2017…
Some Cigar Excise Taxes Officially Delayed by 90 Days
Cigar companies and others will get an additional 90 days to pay the federal excise taxes they owe on products that were imported between March…
Montecristo Dantés (EL 2016)
After a week last month during which I smoked almost nothing but Cuban cigars, I think it’s been a month since I’ve smoked anything from…
Weekly News (April 20, 2020)
News Blackbird Adding Idalia 108 Next Month My Father’s The Judge TAA Heads to Store Shelves Noel Rojas’s KSG Heads to Retailers Patina Cigars Adds…
Montecristo Robusto (EL 2006)
Twenty years ago, Habanos S.A. launched its Edición Limitada program, a new series of cigars that not only used aged tobacco, but utilized a vitola…
Eight Cigar Companies & Two Cigar Trade Groups Seek Indefinite Delay of FDA Substantial Equivalence Due to Coronavirus
A new motion has been filed in one of the lawsuits related to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of cigars, this time…
