As the August 10th deadline for the FDA’s new warning requirements inches closer, retailers are evaluating how the new warning requirements for so-called “advertisements” may apply to their online and social media formats. This includes what website and social media content triggers the “advertising” warning requirements for covered tobacco products, such as cigars and pipe tobacco, as well as how best to comply. Note that the regulations do not define “advertisement” for these purposes, and […]
Social Media
We break down the world of Social Media & Cigars and ask the question how important is social media in today’s cigar market. What Cigar-lebrity has the most followers on Facebook? Twitter? Instagram? Top Podcast? Does size matter? Is it about content? Does it really effect sales? Do people still buy followers? We are joined by the National Sales Manager for Kristoff Cigars, Jarrid Trudeau as we light up something from Kristoff and a cigar […]
Tis the time of year when various cigar blogs and magazines are naming their list of top cigars for the year. While we won’t name our Cigar of the Year until January 31, 2015 (the day before the Super Bowl) we decided we would share our social media Top 10. Depending on the cigar posted to Instagram the likes can tell a story. For example a cigar like Macanudo might only get 52 likes, while […]



