So much for a democracy. The City Council in Manhattan Beach, California passed a new smoking ban that will prohibit smoking in multi-unit residences despite a last-minute plea from the Manhattan Village Homeowners Association who did not want to be included in such a ban. The City Council narrowly passed the measure with a 3-2 vote. The law is an extension of the citywide smoking ban that bans smoking in public places and does not […]
The Harrison, Arkansas Parks and Recreation Commission has voted to support the City Council’s proposed ordinance that will ban tobacco and electronic cigarettes from all city parks. The new measure is expected to pass at tonights City Council meeting. According to Alderman Mitch Magness, the new ordinance is more enforceable that the one the council adopted in 2011. The new ordinance will allow police offices to answer complaints about tobacco users, and give them the […]
Last night I must of fielded about 2 dozen text messages and at least that many private messages on Facebook asking what the FDA regulations are and what is the OMB. I’ll be honest with you a lot of the process is something I had to research and teach myself last night but here goes… We have known that the FDA was looking to regulate cigars, pipe tobacco, e-cigarettes, hookah and more since April of […]
Since 2008 there has been another certainty in life next to death and taxes, the October release of the Tatuaje Monster Series. What started with The Frank has continued for 8 years with the release of the Tatuaje Hyde. With the exception of the second release (The Drac, 1,300 Dress Boxes) each release has seen 666 Dress Boxes which contained 13 cigars, and a growing number of plain boxes which rose last year to 4,500 […]
In addition to the following email sent to the supporters of the CRA; The Cigar Rights of America has also shared how they plan to go about the potential regulations. We have omitted that from this posting. From the CRA: Today, The White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) – Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs published that they have received a Draft Final Rule for deeming cigars subject to federal regulation. As you […]
This morning sources to The Cigar Authority informed us that the White House Office of Management and Budget has received a copy of the final FDA Deeming Regulations. The document which was rumored to be in their hands for more than a week has been officially acknowledged. While the information contained within the document has not yet been made public as changes could be made by the OMB, The Cigar Authority will work to bring […]
In Massachusetts, Lee, Lenox and Stockbridge fall under the Tri-Town Board of Health and on October 19th the Board passed a measure raising the tobacco age to 21 joining 74 other towns and municipalities in the state. The measure which was originally slated to be phased in over three years will go into effect on January 2, 2016.
This coming weekend on The Cigar Authority we are going to smoke some cigars from David’s personal collection; and one of those cigar is one of the original release Macanudo Jamaica which was produced on the island nation. Now 14 years after the production has left, General Cigar Company decided to release the Macanudo Estate Reserve to pay homage to that time. In 2014, the Government of Jamaica launched a strategy that discourages the cultivation of […]
This week we welcome Scott Kolesaire; the brand manager for Avo and Zino via remote. We’ll sit down and talk with Scott about the rebranding, Syncro and the upcoming 90th birthday of the man himself Avo Uvezian. All this and the usual shenanigans known as The Cigar Authority. [jetpack_subscription_form] Next Podcast: Scott Kolesaire [chatwing id=”423810″ width=”600″ height=”350″ enable_custom_login=”0″ custom_login_secret=”” ][/chatwing]
For the last 20 years not only has he made some of the most popular cigars in the industry, but he has also fought for our rights as cigar smokers in the public eye like no other manufacturer has done. To commemorate the 20th Rocky Patel has released a cigar that is described on his website as, “Celebrating 20 years in the business of creating iconic cigars, we couldn’t deliver something short of magnificent. This […]