Cigar Industry News

El Septimo is pleased to expand its rapidly growing management team with the hiring of Kevin Petosa as its new Director of Business Development and Credit. Kevin Petosa has been... Read more

The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board yesterday ruled in favor of Cuban-government-owned Cubatabaco (Habanos S.A.) in its lawsuit against Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s General Cigar Company over the... Read more

Many other cigar media sites talking about cigar company brands strength and who’s hot and who’s not. After watching Cigar-Coop’s “power rankings” show last night and the Cigar... Read more

Today, El Septimo announced the opening of a new cigar lounge in Hollywood, CA called El Septimo of Hollywood. The lounge will open its doors to the public... Read more

The Reagan Udall Foundation (RUF) recently released an Operational Evaluation of Certain Components of FDA’s Tobacco Program report. The report, which focused on the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for... Read more

Cigar Rights of America applauds a new report from the Reagan-Udall Foundation (RUF) that suggests increasing transparency and predictability at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP).... Read more

Espinosa Premium Cigars is proud to announce the addition of a Connecticut core line to the Knuckle Sandwich portfolio. A soft launch of the Knuckle Sandwich Connecticut will... Read more

The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) is proud to announce the launch of its first grassroots campaign in Canada using the cigaraction.org alert center. This campaign will engage and... Read more

Brought to you by J.C. Newman Cigar Co. – This week, Matt welcomes on Manny Iriarte of the Opus X Society who is also one of the core people behind... Read more

Brought to you by J.C. Newman Cigar Co. – This week Matt and Nicole and joined by their good friend Matt Booth of Room101 Cigars and they hold a unique... Read more

Beginning today, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is celebrating the holidays with 12 days of giveaways.Cigar enthusiasts who visit J.C. Newman’s Instagram page @J.C.NewmanCigarCo can enter each day to... Read more

Quality Importers Trading Company (QI) announces the launch of two Palio branded gift sets, just in time for the holiday season. The gift sets are shipping to retailers... Read more

Named for the rare, Amazonian Rainforest-grown tobacco in its blend, CAO Amazon Basin is a small batch, limited edition expression that debuted in 2014 and remains one of... Read more

Ellington, CT – Foundation Cigar Company owner Nicholas Melillo and Famous Smoke Shop are proud to announce the release of the limited edition El Güegüense Toro Box Press... Read more

Today, Les Fines Lames announces that they will be releasing a new line of their popular Le Petit cutters that are also foldable knives. The new cutters will... Read more

Brought to you by Drew Estate – This week Nicole joins Matt and Coop to talk about each of their recent trips. Matt and Nicole just visited the Dominican Republic... Read more

Brought to you by J.C. Newman Cigar Co. – This week Matt and Nicole are back from the Dominican Republic and promised they will both tell all about the trip... Read more

Micky Pegg is somewhat of a guy who is starting over from the bottom. After many years in the business, he took an exit only to get back in and... Read more

Scandinavian Tobacco Group will release a special blend of Macanudo Inspirado to commemorate The Chinese New Year which begins on January 22, 2023. Called Macanudo Inspirado “Year of... Read more

Black Label Trading Company is pleased to announce the release of Dreadnought as an Atlantic Cigar Company exclusive; hand crafted at Fabrica Oveja Negra in Esteli, Nicaragua. “This... Read more