The city of San Francisco, California is looking to raise the minimum purchase age of tobacco products from 18 to 21. The move comes despite a National Association of Tobacco Outlets lawsuit that says cities can’t override California’s state age of 18. In October, the city of Healdsburg as well as Santa Clara County, Berkeley and other cities in the state were issued letters threatening a lawsuit from NATO and are now considering to follow the lead of Healdsburg […]
Vegueros is a Cuban brand that started in 1961 at the Francisco Donatien Factory in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. In 1997 the cigar would be exported before falling from the marketplace. In 2013, Vegueros would relaunch at the Habanos Festival; however, it would take almost another year before the brand would be readily available. The cigar which got new artwork from the originals was redesigned by Nelson Alfonso the artist behind the re-branding of Cohiba and Behike. […]
C.L.E. Cigar Company Announces Release of the Eiroa First 20 Years C.L.E. Cigar Company and Eiroa Cigars are proud to announce the shipment of the new Eiroa First 20 Year’s cigar. These cigars made their debut at IPCPR 2015 but were not available to be shipped until now. The cigar is all Honduran with the tobacco grown by Julio Eiroa on the Jamastran Valley and rolled out of the Aladino Factory in Danli, Honduras. The […]
The City Council in Cleveland, Ohio has created a work group that is making an effort to create new legislation to be submitted to the council on December 7, 2015. The new legislation may follow the example of the Cleveland Clinic which currently does now allow the hiring of people who smoke. The measure which one can call discrimination would exclude smokers from getting city jobs. In addition to this measure, the city is considering […]
Late last week Davidoff sent out an email to retailers announcing that the Royal Robusto which had been available in 50 count boxes will be available in time for the holidays as a smaller 10 count box. The Davidoff’s Royal Robusto Gifting Edition is expertly and meticulously crafted for life’s festive occasions. The cigars feature handpicked tobaccos from their master blender and are aged for a minimum of 10 years in small quantities. The Davidoff Royal […]
The city of South San Francisco which is part of San Mateo County and located on the San Francisco Peninsula has seen the City Council lay the groundwork that would ban smoking in apartments and attached living facilities. The City Council of South San Francisco unanimously approved a measure that directs city staff to draft an ordinance the will come back for a formal approval in January. The ban is proposed to apply to all […]
This week we take a look at a couple of cigars from 2003 that were part of The Cigar Authority Care Package and find out why David hung on to them for so long and why he decided to share them with everyone…. We also go through The Cigar Authority mailbags that have been growing to epic proportions… All this and more on the madness known as The Cigar Authority. [jetpack_subscription_form] Next Podcast: Smoking Aged Cigars […]
If you are a cigar geek there are a few times a year that are really special. In the spring as the TAA Cigars are released, then around Father’s Day you see the first appearance of Opus X and the Holiday Season sees the release of Fuente Anejo, Hemingway Maduro and Between The Lines. The autumn/holiday season also sees the release of some special cigars from Davidoff. This year we saw the Year of the Monkey and […]
The Cigar Authority has received news from multiple credible sources that Dan Carr, President of General Cigar Company has been terminated. Dan Carr joined General Cigar in 1996 and was quickly promoted to VP of Sales. In 1999 with the acquisition of General Cigar’s mass market business he moved to Swedish Match as the North America VP of Sales. In 2004 he would receive a promotion to Senior VP of Sales and Marketing in North America […]
The Township Committee of Wyckoff, New Jersey has banned smoking in public parking lots, and has prohibited the sale of nicotine products to those under the age of 21. The new ordinance was approved unanimous with a 4-0 vote and 1 absentee. The measure was attended by Special Interest group, “Global Advisors on Smokefree Policy” who pushed for the new measure. The measure supersedes the state tobacco purchase age of 19.