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Georgia: City leaders did not approve or deny a permit for a downtown cigar lounge at the council meeting Monday because there was no quorum. The mayor and one councilman…
Read MoreMissouri: The Washington City Council approved an ordinance Monday granting an exemption from its indoor smoking ban for cigar bars.
Read MoreFlorida: Since 2009, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. has been Tampa’s last operational cigar factory. Recently, the 129-year-old business located inside Ybor City’s El Regensburg Cigar Factory learned they have an…
Read MoreNevada: Erik took a cigar humidor and several wrapped cigars into the famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, from the show Pawn Stars.
Read MoreDominican Republic: Tabacalera La Alianza, the Dominican factory where Ernesto Perez-Carrillo rolls his cigars, including two that have been named Cigar of the Year, is now known as Casa Carrillo.
Read MoreConnecticut: Connecticut entrepreneurs, Adam von Gootkin, founder and CEO of Highclere Castle Spirits in Essex, and Nicholas Melillo, founder and CEO of Foundation Cigar company in Ellington, partnered with Prince…
Read MoreConnecticut: Foundation Cigars announces the rebranding of its METAPA line to AKSUM, inspired by the Ark of the Covenant and the ancient city of AKSUM. The company maintains its commitment…
Read MoreFlorida: Cigar workers were the foundation that helped build the Florida city of Ybor, and a few generations ago the city once produced more than 400 million cigars annually. On…
Read MoreFlorida: J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is launching a new experience for visitors: a tobacco tasting class. In this smoking class, visitors to J.C. Newman’s historic El Reloj cigar factory in…
Read MoreFlorida: Tampa had 200 cigar factories in the early 1900s, and only a handful still stand today. But for Robert Holsopple, restoring the ones that survived has become a full-time job.
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