Shortly after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it would be regulating premium cigars, MoyaRuiz Cigars announced a new event-only release called Civil Disobedience.

Today, the company told halfwheel that after conducting a poll on social media about whether to make it a regular production cigar–and getting 98% of the vote in favor of it–Civil Disobedience will be available to all retailers at the upcoming IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, which runs July 25-28 in Las Vegas, Nev.

MoyaRuiz Civil Disobedience

The cigar will remain the exact same as the event-only version, a 5 x 50 robusto with an Ecuadorian habano wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. Pricing will also be the same, with each 10-pack priced at $59.95. The company will continue to donate a portion of the cigar’s sales to Cigar Rights of America (CRA).

The cigar is made at La Zona Cigar Factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. It made its debut on June 18 at ZT Cigars’ Smoklahoma event.

Davidoff is the official sponsor of halfwheel's coverage of the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show.
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Patrick Lagreid

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