The dates for the 22nd Habanos Festival, or Festival del Habano as it is also known, have been announced: Feb. 24 – 28. The festival celebrates all things Habanos, with visits to cigar factories, tobacco farms, educational seminars, a trade show, cigar rolling class, the International Habanos World Challenge contest, and several lavish dinners capped...Read More

The dates for the 22nd Habanos Festival, or Festival del Habano as it is also known, have been announced: Feb. 24 – 28. The festival celebrates all things Habanos, with visits to cigar factories, tobacco farms, educational seminars, a trade show, cigar rolling class, the International Habanos World Challenge contest, and several lavish dinners capped...Read More

I’m a bit pressed for time, but here’s a very quick rundown of some first impressions of InterTabac 2019 before I head to a dinner I’m already running late to. 1. The Facelift is Complete For the last two years, the Westfalenhallen, the home of the InterTabac trade fair, has been under construction. While I...Read More

Cigar News Alec Bradley Adds Magic Toast Chunk Alec Bradley Cigar Co. Names Michael Serota VP of Sales BLK WKS Boondock 2019 Ships Cohiba Novedosos Debuting Saturday in Spain Drew Estate’s Liga Privada Único Pancetta Added as Liga Privada Lounge Exclusive Eddy Guerra Leaves Altadis U.S.A. Espinosa Adds Coronas to Habano, Crema and Laranja Reserva...Read More

George Gershel a longtime employee of Consolidated Cigar Co. and its successor Altadis U.S.A. has passed away at 89 due to a non-curable disease. A statement provided to halfwheel by Theo Folz, the former head of Altadis, says that Gershel passed away in Rougemont, Switzerland beside his wife, Yolanda. He joined Consolidated in 1961 after...Read More

At its meeting on Tuesday, the Owatonna City Council gave its final approval to an ordinance that will raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old in early October. It passed by a 6-1 vote. The increase will also apply to the possession of tobacco products and e-cigarettes, meaning that it will soon...Read More

Yesterday, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published proposed rules for the process of applying for agency approval of e-cigarettes and vaping products. Almost none of the more than 300 pages of the proposed rule have anything to do with cigars—though some of the proposed process could eventually make it into the process for...Read More

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has introduced the Tobacco Tax Equity Act Of 2019, through which he seeks to establish the first federal tax on e-cigarettes, as well to increase the tobacco tax rate and close loopholes that he says are being taken advantage of by tobacco companies to avoid regulation and taxes for their products....Read More