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Altadis USA Sold In Major Imperial Brands Sale for $1.3 Billion Dollars

Imperial Brands PLC (“Imperial”) has announced it has agreed the sale of its worldwide premium cigar businesses (“Premium Cigars”) to investment consortia of individual investors in two distinct transactions for a total consideration of €1,225 million (1,329 million USD), which represents a multiple of 11.8x FY19 EBITDA on a standalone basis. The disposal reinforces Imperial’s focus on simplifying its business and realising value for shareholders. The sale multiple recognises the luxury nature of the businesses’ […]

April 27, 2020 by The Cigar Authority

VODCast: How To Retrohale A Cigar

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… His name is known throughout the cigar industry and throughout the halls of the Senate and Congress. He has been working on cigar blends and our cigar rights like no other Today we are joined by Rocky Patel from Rocky Patel Cigars in the first hour as we smoke the Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro. In the second hour of the show we […]

April 18, 2020 by The Cigar Authority

Zino Platinum Series Exclusive Coming to Two Guys Smoke Shop

In 2016 Davidoff hired street artists Mike Baca & Fernando Romero to serve as brand ambassador for “The Remake” of Zino Platinum. In April of 2019 the duo who collectively make up URNY completed their artwork on the outside of Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire during a series of events. Now, that artwork makes it to the box of this highly collectible and exclusive limited edition available beginning on Thursday at 10am, April […]

April 7, 2020 by The Cigar Authority

VODCast: Uncomfortable Q & A With Steve Saka

LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… We welcome owner and founder of Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust – Steve Saka as we get uncomfortable with some tough Questions & Answers as we put him on the hot seat. We fire up a cigar from the care package prime in the first hour; Aging Room Pura Cepa. In the second hour we are joined via remote by Michael Cappelini of Toscano Cigars as we find out […]

March 28, 2020 by The Cigar Authority

COVID-19 Shuts Down Honduras Cigar Manufacturing

The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández has ordered the shut down of all cigar rolling in the country of Honduras for at least 7 days. The Central American country has 6 cases of COVID-19 at the time of writing this. In an effort to combat the spread, the country has prohibited the gathering of more than 50 people and shut down non-essential businesses. The move comes as many countries struggle to slow the spreading […]

March 16, 2020 by The Cigar Authority

The After Show: Micky Pegg of All Saints Cigars

Micky Pegg is back. We talk the past and we look into the future. He has some great stories and an even better new project. We smoke All Saints Cigars on The After Show. The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH and as always you can find […]

March 4, 2020 by The Cigar Authority

VODCast: The Top 10 Strongest Cigars

The Cigar Authority broadcasts live from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage and today is The Leap Year Edition of The Cigar Authority – It’s Feb 29 and it only comes around every 4 years, and as for a Saturday, it’s been 28 years since this has happened. We smoke a cigar from The Care Package, the Camacho Corojo as we count down the 10 strongest cigars in the marketplace. We will kick back and share […]

February 29, 2020 by The Cigar Authority

House of Representatives Passes HR 2339

Less then 24 hours after passing a resolution the House of Representatives voted on HR 2339. The vote came less than 12 hours after the Office of Management and Budget issued a statement against the support of the bill. The bill which disguises itself as a preventive measure for youth vaping would cripple the cigar industry if it passes. Contained in the bill is language that would ban non face-to-face tobacco sales and it defines […]

February 28, 2020 by The Cigar Authority

Office of Management and Budget Against HR 2339 – Bill That Would Ban Online Cigar Sales

Yesterday the House of Representatives passed a resolution that cleared the way for a vote on HR 2339 that is expected to happen today February 28th, 2020. The vote is expected to pass the legislation on to the Senate, however the Office of Management and Budget released a statement against the bill. The letter states, The Administration opposes H.R. 2339. The Administration is encouraged by legislative efforts to protect American youth from the harms of […]

February 28, 2020 by The Cigar Authority

Rocky Patel Cigar Smoking World Championship Robusto Cigar Review

The World Cigar Smoking Championship by Rocky Patel ushers in a new decade for the Cigar Smoking World Championship. The Cigar Smoking World Championship is an international competition of “slow smoking” of cigars. Competitors compete in how slow they can smoke their cigar with time penalties given for such things as breaking your ash or burning the competition ring (cigar band). The official size of the competition is the 5 1/8 x 42 Mareva which, in 2019, was smoked non-stop from the initial light for 3 […]

February 24, 2020 by The Cigar Authority

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