Oliva Expands Nicaraguan Growing Operations

J. Cortès, the owner of Oliva Cigar Co., has purchased tobacco farms in Condega, Nicaragua. There are multiple transactions. One of them included the purchasing…

Smoker Friendly Acquires 22 Tobacco Road Outlet Stores

The Cigarette Store Corporation, the parent company of Smoker Friendly, has acquired Tobacco Road Outlet, a North Carolina-based chain of 22 stores. As part of…

Drew Estate Barn Smoker 2020 Dates Announced

Drew Estate has announced the dates and is now selling dates for its 2020 Barn Smoker events. The Barn Smoker returns to the same five…

Trump’s Budget Says FDA Shouldn’t Regulate Tobacco, Calls for New Agency

President Donald Trump’s proposed FY 2021 budget calls for a new agency to regulate tobacco products, removing that control from the U.S. Food & Drug…

Updated Romeo y Julieta Club Kings Arriving Next Week in Switzerland

Next week, a new version of the Romeo y Julieta Club Kings will finally make its appearance on a store’s shelf. In late 2017, Habanos…

Weekly News (Feb. 10, 2020)

News A.J. Fernandez to Exhibit at PCA Trade Show ADVentura Signs Distribution Deals in Sweden, the Netherlands Alec Bradley Ships Filthy Hooligan, Shamrock 2020 Ashton…

Ilegal San Andres Toro

La Familia Robaina’s newest release is not illegal, but it sounds like it should be. That is because the company named the new blend Ilegal—with one…

Alec Bradley Ships Filthy Hooligan, Shamrock 2020

Alec Bradley’s annual St. Patrick’s Day releases are heading to stores. The company has begun shipping the 2020 versions of Black Market Filthy Hooligan and…

VegaFina Year of the Rat

If you’re looking for something with which to celebrate the Year of the Rat, you should almost certainly have no shortage of viable options. One…

Myrtle Beach, S.C. Smoking Ban Proposed

Smoking could be banned at the beaches of Myrtle Beach. Councilwoman Jackie Hatley has proposed a new law that would ban smoking at all city-owned…

Portraits: Phil S. Zanghi III

We were sitting in a garage talking about modified Mercedes-Benz cars from the 1980s, and Phil S. Zanghi III suddenly begins to tell us a…