Cigar Industry News

The Newair x Boveda 500 Count Electric Cigar Humidor is the latest in Newair’s collection of electronic cooling cigar humidors. Read more

Luciano Cigars announced the recent and upcoming opening of brand-sponsored lounges across the US, and the launch of its global Lounge Sponsorship Program.  Read more

This week Steve Saka, owner of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, once again took to Facebook to announce that DTT has updated the packaging on the Sobremesa brand and will also be renaming the original line. Read more

In early July of this year, Tatuaje announced a new line that would celebrate the company's 20th anniversary. Now, Tatuaje says these are shipping to stores this week. Read more

The inaugural episode of the Hand Rolled docuseries, Hand Rolled: J.C. Newman Cigar Co., will premiere on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. for free on YouTube. Read more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken a significant step in addressing the issue of flavored cigars and menthol in cigarettes by sending their proposed rules to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.  Read more

CAO is kicking off the holiday season with a compilation pack featuring its top Toros. Called CAO Premier 54, the four-pack has just begun shipping to retailers. Read more

Habanos S.A., the Cuban-state run cigar conglomerate, announced this week they have appointed Beatriz Garrido García as the company's newest Operational Marketing Director. Read more

Diesel Cigars – Diesel Vintage Series Robusto Review There seems to be an emerging trend in the cigar world that is becoming more prominent as time goes on. That trend... Read more

This week, Michael Cappellini is back for another Toscano Pairing! This week it's the Toscano Master Aged 3 with Coffee and Chocolate and everyone has slightly different versions of each of those. Read more

HVC celebrated its 10th anniversary and released the original blend and size back in 2021, now they have added a vitola extension to the line for 2023. Reinier has been... Read more

MB FUMA is announcing its company launch on Columbus Day 2023 and willbe made available to the US Retail market in the month of October. The announcementcomes in time for... Read more

Every year in the Fall just in time for the unofficial kickoff day to the holiday season, HVC, now for the tenth year in a row, releases their Black Friday... Read more

Protocol Cigars announced the third installment in the Omertà Cigar Company Exclusive Cigar Series. The Law Part 3, like its predecessors, was created for Omertà Cigar Company in Oklahoma City,... Read more

Quality Importers Trading Company has announced the availability of the Xikar Hedron Lighter, now exclusively offered through Cigars International and Thompson Cigar to the United States. Xikar Hedron Lighter sets... Read more

On this episode of the Spare Notes Series, Matt, Kevin and Coop talk about how cigar reviews differ and debate over whether the price of the cigar should be a major contributing factor of the score. Read more

C.L.E. Cigar Company announces that the Eiroa CBT 51 is now shipping. This limited-edition blend is in celebration of Christian Eiroa’s 51st birthday. The cigar made its debut during a... Read more

The flagship releases of the Ferio Tego brand, Elegancia and Generoso, will arrive in stores October 24th. The 2023 Ferio Tego Elegancia and Generoso are the third annual limited release... Read more

Diesel is shipping “Sideshow” now. The limited-production, annually-released sampler features freakish-looking frontmarks just in time for spooky season. Diesel Sideshow takes the full-bodied Diesel Unlimited blend through a veritable funhouse... Read more

This week, An Phan of Drew Estate joins us to talk about the big year for the Liga Privada brand, including the H99, as well as the other things Drew Estate has been working on leading up to their return to PCA in 2024. Read more