Fabian Barrantes Out at La Galera
Fabian Barrantes has announced his departure from La Galera/Indianhead Distributors, the company where he was most recently director of marketing and sales. He has also…
Wilmette, Ill. Joins Tobacco 21 Movement
The village of Wilmette, Ill. is the latest to join the Tobacco 21 movement, as the village’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved the proposal at…
Connecticut Tobacco Purchase Age Increase Passes First Committee Hearing
A bill seeking to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21-years-old in Connecticut has passed its first committee hearing and…
Kristoff Releases Corona Vitolas for Three Core Blends
Kristoff Cigars has begun shipping a new 5 x 44 corona vitola for its Connecticut, Original Maduro and Habano lines. The new size is being…
Weekly News (March 26, 2018)
Cigar News AVO Ships Improvisation 30 Years BURN by Rocky Patel to Open Pittsburgh Location in April Jeremy Jack JJ14 Lancero Released Montecristo Linea 1935…
Rockland County, N.Y. Tobacco Purchase Age Increase Awaits Executive’s Signature
The Rockland County, N.Y. legislature passed an ordinance raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, e-cigarettes and other alternative tobacco products from 18 to…
Camacho Candela (2018)
One of the interesting side effects of the FDA’s regulation on premium cigars is that a number of manufacturers have begun bringing back cigars from…
Topeka, Kan. Barred From Raising Tobacco Purchase Age
The tobacco purchase age increase that was supposed to have gone into effect in Topeka, Kan. is now indefinitely on hold after a Shawnee County…
Chicopee, Mass. Approves Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
The Springfield, Mass. suburb of Chicopee has become the latest city to approve an increase in the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, as on…
reddit Announces Prohibition on Cigar Transactions
The popular online message board reddit has brought an end to the selling, trading and gifting of cigars as part of a significant change to…
Gurkha Names Shanda Lee Director of Marketing
Gurkha Cigars has a new director of marketing, and it’s Shanda Lee. Lee was most recently with J.C. Newman Cigar Co. as the company’s vp…
