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Decatur, Texas Bans Smoking in Parks
 A proposal to ban smoking and the use of tobacco and tobacco alternatives in the parks of Decatur, Texas got the unanimous approval of the city council at its Dec. 10 meeting. While the city has not yet posted the final version of the ordinance on its website, an article ...
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Sun, 16 Dec 2018 15:30:49 +0000
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| Montecristo Nicaragua Series Robusto
 In the summer of 2018, Altadis U.S.A did something fairly rare to the iconic Montecristo brand: it added a new, full-production series to the portfolio, the Montecristo Nicaragua Series. To create the new line, it enlisted the help of a name that has been increasingly turned to for a spark: ...
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Sat, 15 Dec 2018 21:00:39 +0000
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| A.J. Fernández Teases La Rosa de Guadalupe
 A.J. Fernández has shown off what could be one of the company’s new lines. An Instagram post from the company showed a cigar with a band reading La Rosa de Guadalupe, a name the company has filed a trademark for. Not much else is known about the cigar and the company ...
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Sat, 15 Dec 2018 18:00:29 +0000
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| Lakewood, Ohio Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase Introduced
 Lakewood, Ohio could become the next city in Ohio to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21. Councilman John Litten, Ward 3, will introduce legislation on Monday that would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21 in the Cleveland suburb. In a letter, Litten cites ...
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Sat, 15 Dec 2018 17:00:26 +0000
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| Drew Estate Announces Initial Liga Privada 10 Aniversario, H99 Shipments
 Earlier today, Drew Estate raffled off allotments for the first shipment of its new Liga Privada cigars. It’s part of a release strategy that will see the company ship monthly allotments, each with retailers selected by a random allotment. Ten were selected to receive the new Liga Privada 10 Aniversario. ...
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Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:59:10 +0000
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| Cory Bappert Named CEO of Oliva
 Cory Bappert is the new ceo of Oliva Cigar Co. Bappert, the longtime vp of sales, has been promoted to the chief executive position. He succeeds José Oliva, who is moving onto an advisory role for the company. Last month, Oliva was recently named the speaker of the Florida House of ...
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Fri, 14 Dec 2018 23:36:33 +0000
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| Benchmade 1500-181 Cigar Cutter
 Benchmade Knife Co. has long been known for its extremely high-quality knives that carry equally high prices, but earlier this year the Oregon-based company began shipping a creation targeted towards a different market. That creation is the Benchmade 1500-181 Cigar Cutter, a single blade guillotine cutter that incorporates CPM-S90V stainless steel housed inside a carbon ...
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Fri, 14 Dec 2018 22:30:49 +0000
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| RoMa Craft Tobac Adding Limited Production Aquitaine & Intemperance Vitolas Next Year
 In addition to a trio of limited edition releases, RoMa Craft Tobac will expand its existing core lines with limited production extensions. While the company makes a set of core vitolas regularly, its lines also feature cigars that are limited in production, though made annually. Next year, the company will ...
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Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:26:29 +0000
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| Court Filing: Cigar Industry Asks FDA to Delay HPHC Testing Deadline
 For those wondering the status of the cigar industry’s lawsuit against FDA, not much has happened since the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) agreed to indefinitely delay the warning label requirements until after the resolution of the lawsuit. The two sides—three cigar trade groups and FDA—have largely spent the ...
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Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:34:27 +0000
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| Colibri Ships Quasar Punch
 Colibri has begun shipping its Quasar Punch cutter, the latest entry to its growing collection of cigar accessories with the Quasar design, and one of the more distinct cutters released in recent memory. The Quasar Punch contains three different punch cutter blades—7mm, 9mm and 12mm—packed into its rectangular shape. Each ...
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Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:17:07 +0000
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| La Imperiosa by Crowned Heads
| STRENGTH: MEDIUM+ | BODY: MEDIUM+ | TASTING NOTES: NUTTY, WOODY, HINTS OF FIG & PLUM | For those of you who were avid cigar smokers in the early 1900’s, the La Imperiosa brand may seem familiar. La Imperiosa, which translates to “The Imperative,” was a Cuban cigar brand popular in the early 1900’s but discontinued likely in 1962 when Cubatabaco took control of the Cuban Cigar Industry and got rid of thousands of Cuban Cigar brands which were registered between 1810 when the registration of Cuban Cigar brands began…
Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:33:10 +0000
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| Cigar Review: Quesada Q D’etat Molotov
Behind The Stick: The December 8th press release reads: December 8, 2011 — The Q d’etat line represents a symbolic revolt against the unfair taxation practices and mistreatment of the premium cigar industry. The brand is intended to create awareness of the dangers increased government regulation and taxation will produce, specifically the FDA’s desire to regulate premium cigars. There will be three sizes, released at different dates, of 1,000 ten-count boxes. Each box will contain a form to register for membership in Cigar Rights of America. The first of the…
Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:15:04 +0000
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| Cigar Review: Protocol Probable Cause Lancero
| STRENGTH: FULL | BODY: FULL | TASTING NOTES: SPICY, WOODY, HINTS OF ESPRESSO | In 2015 two police officers, Juan Cancel and Bill Ives, revealed the industry’s newest cigar brand: Cubariqueno! Launched nationally at the 2015 IPCPR trade show in New Orleans, Cubariqueno was created by two police officers, Juan Cancel & Bill Ives. The La Zona cigar factory in Esteli, Nicaragua is the chosen location where all Cubariqueno blends are created under the watchful eye of Erik Espinosa. Cubariqueno’s freshman release is the protocol. Originally a single blend…
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:22:54 +0000
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| Cigar Review: Todos Las Dias
“Todos Las Dias is my personal Spanglish translation meaning ‘All the Days,’” said Steve Saka, Dunbarton’s owner, in a press release. “The workers at Joya de Nicaraguan often cringe at my casual butchering of their mother tongue, but in my opinion cigars are far more than a grammar lesson to abide, they are the physical manifestation of a feeling and of an experience. It is a supple, sungrown Cuban Seed capa which encapsulates its intricate tripa recipe of rich Jalapa and Esteliano tobaccos. From the first puff, there is no…
Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:27:45 +0000
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| Cigar Review: Headley Grange by Crowned Heads
Following the huge success of Crowned Heads first addition to the cigar world - Four Kicks - which like many of their cigars, has a clear reference to music - this one in specific a song by the band Kings of Leon, the company has continued with branding, design and focus all their own. Being a group with close ties to the music industry and living in Nashville, incorporating the music industry into their cigars fit right in line with who they are.
Sat, 26 Aug 2017 21:52:02 +0000
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| Undercrown Sun Grown
| STRENGTH: MEDIUM+ | BODY: FULL | TASTING NOTES: EARTHY, TOASTED OAK, HINTS OF SPICE AND MALT | The Undercrown is one of Drew Estate’s best selling core line cigars – birthed from the famed Liga Privada, which many of you may know was a private blend made for Steve Saka during his time at Drew Estate. The Undercrown was released in October of 2010 as a sort of “alternative” to the Liga Privada which was quite hard to find at the time. The story of the Undercrown is really…
Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:09:56 +0000
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