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New York Cigar Taxes Set to More Than Double
 The price of cigars in New York state is likely to skyrocket barring a last-minute change to the state’s recently-passed budget. Last week, New York’s state assembly passed a budget, which included a change to the state’s tax system on cigars. The law currently taxes cigars at 75 percent of their wholesale price, though due […]
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Wed, 08 Apr 2020 20:19:20 +0000
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| AGANORSA Leaf’s Lunatic Torch Returns with Updated Design
 The Lunatic Torch line from AGANORSA Leaf is returning to retailers this spring with a new look and new vitolas. It is a Nicaraguan puro made with AGANORSA Leaf tobacco, with a corojo 99 wrapper grown in Jalapa, while the double binder and fillers feature tobaccos from Estelí and Jalapa. It is being offered in […]
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Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:15:25 +0000
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| A.J. Fernandez Ships New World Tins
 A new small size of A.J. Fernandez’s New World line is on its way to retailers, as the company has begun shipping the New World Tins. The new size is a petite corona that measures 4 x 36 and retains the New World’s blend, meaning it’s a Nicaraguan puro with an oscuro wrapper from Estelí, […]
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Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:06:18 +0000
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| Carbondale, Colo. Voters Approve 40 Percent Tobacco Tax
 On Tuesday, voters in Carbondale overwhelmingly approved a proposal that will raise the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products this summer, with 70.8 percent of voters supporting the measure. As of July 1, the town will begin taxing non-cigarette tobacco products such as cigars and e-cigarettes at a rate of 40 percent of the […]
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Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:00:59 +0000
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| Tatuaje Teases MBS as Summer Release
 Earlier this week, Pete Johnson teased a new cigar called the MBS that he said will be arriving ahead of the July 4 holiday, and it appears it might be an addition to the company’s Monster Series. View this post on Instagram Jumping ahead a little but I need something to look forward to. Resting […]
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Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:20:34 +0000
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| General Cigar Dominicana, Tabacalera de García Reopen in the Dominican Republic
 Two of the Dominican Republic’s largest cigar factories have reopened this week after closing down due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Tabacalera de García in La Romana, the largest premium cigar factory in the world, reopened yesterday with a limited staff. The factory—which produces the Dominican versions of Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta and others—is using […]
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Tue, 07 Apr 2020 20:26:17 +0000
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| Platinum Nova Personal Reserve Leo X
 Debuting new products is one of the main points of the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, but Platinum Nova Cigars came out swinging in its first year with a list that included not only 10 regular production lines, but also two limited editions, a sampler and a $125 ashtray. Although it is thought of by […]
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Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:31:18 +0000
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| The Wise Man Maduro Lancero
 A month after announcing that his cigar brand would be named Foundation Cigar Co., Nicholas Melillo surprised some in the cigar world with the news that the company’s first blend would not contain any broadleaf tobacco, a varietal that he had become well-known for incorporating into cigars. Instead, his first release—named El Güegüense after the […]
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Tue, 07 Apr 2020 02:15:49 +0000
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| Cohiba Royale Arrives at Stores (Update)
 After months of teasing, the Cohiba Royale can now be purchased. Retailers have begun announcing they have taken receipt of the Royale, a new blend that uses a Nicaraguan broadleaf wrapper over a Dominican piloto cubano binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua. Most notably, the cigar is being at STG Danlí, […]
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Mon, 06 Apr 2020 21:00:31 +0000
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| Sobremesa Brûlée Double Corona Begins Shipping
 Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust has begun shipping the newest size of Sobremesa Brûlée, a 7 x 54 Double Corona. Steve Saka announced the cigar in early March, calling it a spring release but not specifying at that time when it would begin shipping. It becomes the fourth size in the line, joining the three vitolas […]
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Mon, 06 Apr 2020 19:38:59 +0000
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