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Hopkinton, Mass. Will Raise Its Tobacco Purchasing Age
 The town of Hopkinton, Mass. is the latest to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, as on Monday night the town’s board of health approved the idea, as well as revised existing language in the town code to define alternative tobacco products and add them to the age ...
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Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:30:38 +0000
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| RoMa Craft Tobac Releases CroMagnon Black Irish, Plans Aquitaine Saber Tooth & CroMagnon Mastodon
 There will be three more limited release cigars from RoMa Craft Tobac, the first of which is already arriving in stores. The company is currently shipping the CroMagnon EMH Black Irish, a special version of its popular 5 x 56 EMH size. The cigar is identical to the EMH, except for ...
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Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:13:14 +0000
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| Casa Fernández Rebrands to AGANORSA Leaf
 Casa Fernández is now AGANORSA Leaf. The company is changing its name, transitioning from a name that references its owner to one that ties in with the larger agricultural empire it’s is a part of. AGANORSA stands for Agricola Norteña S.A., a company owned by Eduardo Fernández Pujals, that includes livestock, ...
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Tue, 24 Apr 2018 21:19:10 +0000
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| Connecticut Rejects Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase, Cigar Tax Cap Hike
 Tobacco lovers in Connecticut received two wins in the state legislature. Last week, the text of a budget proposal was updated, removing an increase to the state’s cigar tax cap. Earlier versions of the bill included a measure that would increase the tax cap on cigars from 50 cents to ...
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Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:47:33 +0000
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| La Flor Dominicana Factory Press (2017)
 Take two. Four years after the last official release, a new version of La Flor Dominicana’s Factory Press shipped to retailers just before Christmas last year. Editor’s Note: In March, we published a review of a cigar we believed was the 2017 La Flor Dominicana Factory Press. It, in fact, ...
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Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:24:52 +0000
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| Nassau County, N.Y. to Revisit Tobacco Purchase Age Increase
 Legislators in Nassau County, N.Y. will once again consider legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 19 to 21-years-old, and it appears that there might be enough support to pass the legislation. This current version comes from the legislature’s presiding officer, Richard Nicolello, R-New Hyde Park, ...
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Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:59:07 +0000
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| Camacho Coyolar Shipping This Week
 Coyolar is back. Davidoff of Geneva USA will begin shipping a newly packaged version of the Camacho Coyolar, a Honduran puro that was first introduced in 2005. It is once again a Honduran puro, all coming from a single 15-acre farm, and once again offered in the same five sizes. ...
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Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:12:24 +0000
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| Colibri to Release New Apex Lighter at TAA Meeting
 Next week, Colibri will be unveiling the latest in its series of auto racing-inspired accessories at the Tobacconists’ Association of America meeting, the Apex lighter. Named for the point on a race course where the driver increases the throttle for the fastest exit out of a turn, the Apex is ...
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Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:36:30 +0000
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| Glen Ellyn, Ill. Raises Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21
 Effective July 1, you must be 21 to purchase tobacco products in the Village of Glen Ellyn. The Village Board approved the increase last night, it will include all tobacco products including vaping liquids, even those that don’t have nicotine. Glen Ellyn is located in DuPage County, 23 miles west ...
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Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:45:00 +0000
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| St. Peter, Minn. Rejects Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
 An attempt to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 in St. Peter, Minn. has failed. The City Council voted 3-3 for the measure Monday night with one member absent. A motion to take up the matter again in three weeks also failed. St. Peter is ...
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Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:15:43 +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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