General Cigar Co., one of the largest companies in the premium cigar industry, increased its prices last Monday, Jan. 10.

A spokesperson for the company says the new pricing increased the MSRPs of General’s cigars by 5 percent on average. General and Forged Cigar Co., a sister entity, have one of the largest catalogs of brands in the premium cigar space. Combined, the two are responsible for selling CAO, Cohiba, La Gloria Cubana, Macanudo, Partagas and others in the U.S.

In the last 45 days, many cigar companies have announced price increases, oftentimes citing increased costs related to raw materials, labor and/or transport and logistics.

The following chart is a live look at what companies have announced price increases or no price increase for 2022.

CompanyPrice Increase
Alec BradleyYes
All Saints CigarsNo
Altadis U.S.A.Yes
Arturo FuenteYes
AshtonYes
AsylumYes
ATL Cigar Co.No
Battleground CigarsNo
Black Star Line CigarsYes
BlackbirdNo
Blanco Cigar Co.Yes
Bocock BrothersNo
BovedaNo
Casa CuevasYes.
Cavalier GenèveYes
CLEYes
ColibriNo
Crowned HeadsYes
Crux Cigars Yes
Dapper Cigar Co.Yes
Davidoff of Geneva USAYes
Dunbarton Tobacco & TrustYes
E.P. CarrilloYes
Emperors CutYes
Epic CigarsYes
Espinosa Premium CigarsNo
FratelloYes
General Cigar Co.Yes
German Engineered CigarsYes
Gran HabanoYes
GurkhaYes
Habanos S.A.Yes
Hiram & SolomonYes
HVC CigarsYes
IllusioneYes
J.C. NewmanYes
Jake Wyatt Cigar Co.No
JRE Tobacco Co.Yes
KristoffNo
La SirenaYes
Los CaidosNo
Matilde Cigar Co.Yes
Miami Cigar & Co.Yes
Nat CiccoYes
OlivaYes
PadillaYes
PatinaNo
PatinaYes
PerdomoYes
Plasencia 1865Yes
Platinum NovaNo
PospiechYes
Rocky PatelYes
RoMa Craft TobacYes
S.T.DupontYes
SinistroNo
Southern DrawYes
TatuajeYes
Ventura Cigar Co.Yes
Villiger Cigars North AmericaNo
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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.