The tobacco industry suffered a critical blow as the State of Massachusetts has announced a ban of tobacco products having a characterizing flavor (e.g. menthol cigarettes and flavored chewing tobacco). The ban is not an all-encompassing one, and will still allow for these products to be sold at licensed smoking bars for on-site consumption. Massachusetts […]
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed a budget bill into law that includes a provision to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21. This makes Pennsylvania the 19th State in the U.S. to raise its tobacco purchase age to 21. Pennsylvania now will become one of 38% of the U.S. States with a tobacco purchase […]
Alec Bradley Cigar Company is now the latest manufacturer to partner with Cigar Dojo. Today Alec Bradley and Cigar Dojo announced the Alec & Bradley Uru Doshi. It’s the 18th collaboration Cigar Dojo has released with a major manufacturer. The cigar will make its debut on February 29th and will be offered exclusively through South […]
ACE Prime has announced it will team up with Baseball superstar Adrián González to release a cigar under its M.X.S. Signature Series line. The cigar joins M.X.S. Signature Dominque Wilkens and Tiago Splitter releases. News of this story was mentioned on Bear Duplisea’s #ElOsoFumarTakes Podcast where ACE Prime co-founder Luciano Meirelles was a guest. “We have […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
Crowned Heads La Coalicion, the long-awaited collaboration produced at Drew Estate’s La Gran Fabrica, is heading to stores. In a press release, Drew Estate Master Blender Willy Herrera noted, “I can’t wait to see what our fans think of this collaborative blend between Huber and myself. The blending process led us to select a […]
Cigar Rights of America has announced its latest sampler pack, the 2019 Freedom Sample is Heading to Great American Cigar Shop Retailers. This sampler contains 10 cigars with an MSRP of $150. The 10 cigars in the pack are as follows: Alec Bradley – Alec Bradley Ltd. Mundial PL #56 Arturo Fuente – Fuente Fuente OpusX Destino […]
Drew Estate has announced its Flying Pig size of the Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve blend is now available at Pappy & Co, which is exclusively offering the vitola. The Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve was a line first introduced in 2014 as an exclusive offering to Pappy & Co. Last month the company announced […]
Come Black Friday, November 29, 2019 Cubariqueño Cigar Company will release a new small batch project for Cigars International known as Protocol Confidential Informant. The Protocol Confidential Informant is produced at Cubariqueño’s manufacturing partner, La Zona in Estelí, Nicaragua. The cigar comes in one size – a 6 1/2 x 52 box-pressed toro. It is […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced that Sarah Santos will succeed the retiring Craig Reynolds as the head of North American Online and Retail Division (NAO&R), the group that includes online retail giant Cigars International. Santos’ title will be President of NAO&R and Senior Vice President of STG. Santos will assume her role […]
