PLEASE… stop asking that question… The Cuban Embargo is NOT Over, but there has been yet another kick in the cojones for American businesses and the creation of an unfair playing field, if you ask me. Americans traveling abroad can now return with all the Cuban cigars and Cuban rum they want and they don’t go through any of the same pesky regulations and taxation that all other cigars have to go through. This “free […]
As a person going on his honeymoon in just a couple of weeks, this news couldn’t come at a better time. The laundry list of personal friends who want me to bring them back a Cuban cigar is longer than a shopping list for The Cigar Authority food budget. While I still might not bring them a cigar, it just got a lot easier for me and you to buy Cuban cigars and rum. Up […]
March 21, 2016. ELIE BLEU S.A. Paris, France has appointed LOTUS INTERNATIONAL, LLC. Warwick, Rhode Island as their exclusive distributor for the United States and Canada. The ELIE BLEU workshop is a luxury manufacturer of humidors, watch winders, jewelry boxes and other wood accessories. ELIE BLEU is regarded as the premier designer and manufacturer of the finest wooden cabinets and boxes in the world. ELIE BLEU produces exclusive pieces for the most famous Parisian jeweler, couture house […]
As we have reported, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has been pushing for the Public Housing Authority to make the properties smoke free. Today, that move will become more than a push as a federal rule proposal would prohibit smoking in apartments and common areas as well as the administrative offices. The measure would affect one million households across the United States. Having lived in New York City, home to the largest public […]
As owner of Two Guys Smoke Shop, David Garofalo enjoys giving a quiz to his employees on a regular basis to see how much they are paying attention and to see what areas some training is needed. This past week I was subject to that test; and one of the questions I got wrong had to do with the most expensive cigar the shop sells. The answer was a Zino cigar that retails for $41 […]
Mombacho Cigars S.A. releases Liga Maestro to select US retailers GRANADA, NICARAGUA – April 28, 2015 – Granada based Mombacho Cigars S.A. (Mombacho) announced today that it has released a highly limited quantity of its Liga Maestro line in the US. Originally developed for the Italian market, Liga Maestro will be sold through a select number of US retailers in the next week. The Liga Maestro brand is a collaboration between Mombacho Master Blender Claudio […]
This morning word came down that Raul Castro and President Barack Obama would be holding a press conference at 12 noon from their respective nations. As more and more news began to leak the question of the embargo being lifted has run rampant in the cigar community. The USA will be releasing political prisoners convicted of spying in the United States while Cuba will be doing the same. The talks between to two countries have been […]
Some good news and bad news for those who put their lives on the line while defending this great nation. A new bill which is expected to pass Congress before Christmas is expected to raise prices on Military bases. The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act will change how tobacco is priced. Currently, the military is allowed to discount tobacco at 5% of the local price. The new bill will prohibit that discount which in some […]