While you can definitely make the case that this was not the strongest crop of candidates for new brand of the year, the packaging in…

Editor’s Note: So this is a bit different. We have changed our look and the Weekly News is moving to a new time, Monday mornings….

In 2009, Drew Estate reintroduced the Flying Pig vitola to the world in the form of the Liga Privada No. 9. It was limited to…

In 1999, 5th Avenue Products Trading GmbH, the German distributor for Habanos S.A. celebrated its tenth anniversary as the exclusive distributor of Cuban cigars for…

Smoking in state parks in Oregon could be banned by next year if a new law, expected to be voted on by the Oregon Parks…

The Hastings, Minn. City Council is scheduled to vote Monday night on a proposal to prohibit smoking in all tobacco shops, though it would maintain…

This past year very easily could have been the weakest field of new companies in recent memory. Looking over the 20-plus eligible entires the halfwheel…

Alfred Dunhill was truly a giant in the cigar industry in his day: prominent London tobacco retailer, pipe maker, entrepreneur and the founder of the…

The fifth size of the Grand Empire Reserve has finally landed in a retail store environment. Company founder Antonio Lam showed off pictures of the…

After beginning the process of raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 19 to 21 late in 2013, Utah Senator Stuart Reid (R-Ogden)…

December 16, 2013 — The Quesada family is proud to announce 2014 will be a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of their factory in the…