Most of the various cigar brands distributed by Down & Back, LLC will increase prices on April 1, 2024.

Those increases are as follows:

  • Blind Man’s Bluff — 4 percent
  • Caldwell Cigar Co. — 6 percent
  • La Barba — 4 percent
  • Lost&Found — 6 percent

The La Barba increases due not affect Tony Bellatto’s other brand, Bellatto Premium Cigars.

While a select group of companies—notably Altadis U.S.A. and Davidoff of Geneva USA—announced price increases in Q3 and earlier in Q4, most cigar companies announce their price increases around the new year. Below is a list of companies that have announced whether they will have a price increase heading into 2024.

CompanyPrice Increase?
ADV & McKay Cigar Co.Yes
AGANORSA LeafYes
AJ FernandezYes
All Saints CigarsYes
Altadis U.S.A.Yes
ArangoNo
Artesano del TobaccoNo
ATL Cigar Co.No
Bellatto Premium CigarsYes
Black Label Trading Co.Yes
Black Star Line CigarsNo
BovedaYes
Caldwell Cigar Co.Yes
Casa CaraballoNo
Casa CuevasYes
ColibriNo
Crowned HeadsNo
Dapper Cigar Co.Yes
Davidoff of GenevaYes
Drew EstateYes
E.P. CarrilloYes
El SeptimoNo
Espinosa Premium CigarsNo
Esteban CarrerasYes
FosforoYes
Freud Cigar Co.No
Habanos S.A.Yes
HVCYes
Iconic LeafNo
Jake Wyatt Cigar Co.No
Kafie 1901No
KBFNo
KristoffNo
La AuroraYes
Lampert CigarsNo
Lost&FoundYes
Lotus/VertigoNo
My FatherNo
Ohana NuiNo
OlivaYes
PatinaYes
PerdomoYes
Potter CigarsNo
PowstanieYes
Principle CigarsNo
Rocky PatelYes
RoMa Craft TobacYes
Santa ClaraNo
SinistroYes
SommNo
Southern DrawYes
Stolen ThroneNo
SutliffNo
Tabanero Cigar Co.No
TatuajeNo
Vector-KGMNo
Villiger Cigars North AmericaYes
Warfighter Cigar Co.No
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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.