Country legislators voted 21-17 and became the first county in the state of New York to ban tobacco sales in retail stores with a pharmacy. According to CBS 6 in Albany. Supporters argues it would limit exposure to children and avoid sending the wrong message to consumers. The new law follows the CVS announcement that it would ban tobacco sales in its stores by October 1st. The only argument against the new measure came from […]
Recently we spoke on the show about the Cigar Journal Awards, and the best value cigar from Honduras was voted as the Flor de Selva for the Villa Zamorano. As luck would have it when I returned to work on Monday morning there was some samples from the company waiting for me in my humidor. According the Maya Selva Cigars website, Since 1995, when Flor de Selva was launched in France, the “Maya Selva Cigars” […]
This weekend I had a link sent to me of something I have been saying for years… There is no proof of second-hand smoke health risks, according to an article in Forbes Magazine. According to Forbes, a large-scale study was unable to find a clear link between second-hand smoke and lung cancer. In an article posted by the National Cancer Institute a study was conducted on 76,000 women for more than a decade, which found the […]
A.J. FERNANDEZ CIGARS PROUDLY UNVEILS A.J. FERNANDEZ DOCUMENTARY (Miami, Florida) August 11, 2014— A.J. Fernandez Cigars, recognized for creating some of the most acclaimed cigars in the industry proudly unveils a 13 minute documentary which went live today and can be seen on the home page of their website at: www.ajfernandezcigars.com. A.J. Fernandez, who has blended consistently highly rated cigars, is documented in a way that gives the viewer just a glimpse of the passion […]
Based on the press release the Laranja by Espinosa was a cigar I was most curious about. One, it utilizes a Brazilian wrapper, which is amongst my favorite, and the other was the press release stating that the wrapper was orange, for which the cigar is named. Laranja is the Portugese word for orange. Researching the tobacco, I was unable to find a reference to it, and I wonder if this was fabricated to increase the […]
The Cigar Authority comes live to you from Two Guys Smoke Shop in Nashua, New Hampshire. On todays show we welcomed JC Newman sales rep Sean Poza as we smoke Brick House. The company is in the midst of a series of nationwide events called $5 Bucks & Comfortable Chair. Find out all about it and more.. This Day In Classic History, Barry comes off a 6-0 shut out vs Mr. Jonathan and Chuck Morrison, […]
Recently news began to surface of a regional blend for retailers in the hometown market of Crowned Heads, Tennessee. The cigar will be called Tennessee Waltz which is a nod to the song playing when Jon Huber’s grandfather met his future wife, Huber’s grandmother. The cigar will be made at the My Father Cigar factory in Esteli, Nicaragua and will feature a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. Today’s Jon Huber gave a look at the cigar in […]
Gurkha announces the newest edition to the East India Trading Company line in The Classic Cigar: Havana Blend. This cigar has been perfected using a proprietary binder and filler with twenty different tweakings of the blend to get it just right. With a San Andrés wrapper, The Classic Cigar: Havana Blend is a box-pressed, medium body, full flavor cigar including earthy, nutty undertones. This Nicaraguan blend is now available at $7.99-$9.99 each cigar in a […]
Conspiracy, if there is one person who has embraced them it is Dion Giolito and his company Illusione cigars. However, I feel there might be some type of conspiracy in play here as the company which has embraced small ring gauges has released a cigar with some added girth. The website states, “Critical mass. Heavy in flavor and in size. The illusione *G* Gigantes creates the smoke to fend off thought control allowing an A-1 […]
I like to consider myself a cigar geek, and despite Dave and Mr. Jonathan trying to turn that into a negative thing I wear the title with pride. However, this Tierra Volcan caught me off guard when we featured it during our IPCPR videos. Made by Mombacho in Granada, Nicaragua by a company based in Toronto that when we tweeted the video some our our Canadian friends spoke highly of them. Until this year the cigars […]