The proposed 96 billion dollar tobacco tax increase as a part of the Build Back Better Act was passed by the House Ways & Means Committee as introduced. The proposal has now moved to the House Budget Committee, where they are waiting on negotiations between House and Senate leadership and the White House before the […]
Southern Draw Cigars has announced it is seeking outside investors. In a press release to the media, this week the company said it is seeking proposal to finance its growth and is also looking at expanding its sales team. In terms of expanding its sales team, Southern Draw is looking to round out U.S. areas […]
HumidifGroup USA has announced it is introducing Smart Packaging technology. In conjunction with the announcement, HumidifGroup USA announced that Ferio Tego cigar company will be the first implementing this technology. Through the use of Smart Packaging, a tap of an iPhone on the cigar box will open up a browser that will provide the user […]
S.T. Dupont has added two new lighters to its Slim 7 collection – Black Checkered and White Checkered. Slim 7 is an ultra-thin lighter offered by S.T. Dupont. The unit is 7mm thick and only weighs 1.59 ounces. The Slim 7 unit features a razor-thin, single, flat, blue torch flame at half an inch wide. […]
Atlanta, Georgia-based ATL Cigar Co has announced it will release its fourth line of cigars, the ATL Magic. It’s a project being done in conjunction with Luciano Meirelles of ACE Prime and Tabacalera Pichardo. The ATL Magic is slated to begin hitting ATL’s network of 50+ retailers beginning October 16, 2021. The ATL Magic consists […]
Ferio Tego has announced the return of the Ancora brand of accessories. Ancora was previously sold under Nat Sherman International. It was one of the former Nat Sherman brands acquired by Ferio Tego early in January. Making a return is the Ancora Executive Humidor collection. These are described as being slightly oversized humidors to fit […]
Pospiech Inc, best known as the distributor of Powstanie cigars, has a new release known as The Bangarang. The Bangarang is a collaboration being done with Espinosa cigars. It features an undisclosed blend in a 6 x 48 format. It will be sold in 20-count bundles priced at $10.50 per cigar. “We believe we can […]
Back in 2018, Casa Cuevas Cigars introduced two box-pressed offerings under its Casa Cuevas Habano and Casa Cuevas Maduro lines known as the Clásico Prensado. Today Casa Cuevas Cigars announced a rebranding of these cigars. The cigars will now be known as Casa Cuevas Prensado, and each cigar will now feature a secondary band to […]
Ministry of Cigars, a cigar website dedicated to covering the international cigar market, is being forced to shut down. Ferdinand Piet, owner of Ministry of Cigars, made the announcement earlier today. Piet is based in Singapore and the laws around tobacco legislation are quite strict, and they basically prevent a cigar blog or any […]
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 […]
