On May 5th, 2016 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced regulations to implement the Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. These regulations gave the FDA authority to regulate all tobacco products. Under these rules, premium cigars were now placed under FDA regulatory control. One of the new regulations involves some changes […]
Over the past year, one of the most common I’ve heard from many people is “When will see Cuban Cigars available the United States?” The answer to that question pretty much is dependent on when the Cuban Embargo will actually be lifted. However, this answer is now more complicated by the recent announcement of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s […]
On August 8th, 2016, premium cigars will be subject to regulations introduced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This will drastically change the way new products will be introduced to the marketplace. One thing that has been the subject of much conversation is something called the “grandfather” date to market a premium cigar product […]
Last week, Oettinger Davidoff AG released a review for financial year 2015. as well as an outlook for its 2016 business. While the company said it expanded its global market position despite challenging marketing conditions, it reported a decline in total sales for the 2015 financial year. The report highlighted five themes: Double-digit growth thanks […]
As a part of the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations over premium cigars is the requirement of Warning Labels on cigar packages and cigar advertisements. The requirement for Warning Labels goes into effect two years after the issuing of the regulations (August 3, 2018). While this may seem like a simple requirement, […]
For the second year in a row, we at Cigar Coop have delivered complete coverage of the annual Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series. Each year numerous manufacturers are given an opportunity to make exclusive cigars for the TAA. While some cigars are made available on a recurring basis, others have been made available as a […]
The 2015 Post Season Awards are complete on Cigar Coop. We recap the winners as well as summarize the previous year’s winners. Cigar of the Year Best Aged Cigar Person of the Year Factory of the Year (Large or Multi-Faceted) Factory of the Year (Small / Single) We also recapped our Performance Ratings based on […]
Our final performance category for 2015 is a new one. This one incorporates the viola-specific theme we adopted on Cigar Coop and Stogie Geeks (i.e. “Size Matters”). The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. This has been broken down […]
This year we introduce a new performance category – Country of Origin. The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. This has been broken down by brand for the past four years. Today we slice this data by Country of […]
Our 2015 Year in Review coverage continues with a look at how the various cigar brands did on Cigar Coop for 2014. This is a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. For 2015, a total of 247 (down from 257 in 2014) cigars were considered for this ranking. […]
