Cigar News

E.P. Carrillo Creates New Cigar Via Consumer Feedback

By Harrison Clark / October 27, 2023

In the world of showbiz, there is an old expression that goes, “Know your audience.” Cigarmaker Ernesto Perez-Carrillo has taken this approach to help craft his next release. Called Escapade, the release…

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Alabama Exacts Revenge Over Tennessee, Celebrates With Cigars

By Cody Carden / October 25, 2023

Alabama: A tide of cigar smoke rolled over Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Saturday, after the No. 11 Alabama Crimson Tide’s vindictive victory over the No. 17 Tennessee Volunteers. 

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Nick Saban weighs in on Third Saturday in October postgame cigar tradition

By Harrison Clark / October 20, 2023

Alabama: Nick Saban has become pretty familiar with the cigar tradition in the Alabama–Tennessee rivalry. In 16 career games against the Vols, Saban has seen his locker room full of smoke in 15…

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FDA’s Flavored Cigars and Menthol in Cigarettes Rule Sent to OMB for Review

By Cody Carden / October 18, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – FDA’s efforts to address the issue of flavored cigars and menthol in cigarettes took its next step last week when the United States Food and Drug Administration…

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Reliving the night Tennessee football fans smoked their first cigars – ever

By Cody Carden / October 18, 2023

Tennessee: Eli Sparks enjoys the aroma while his dad, Johnny, smokes a Padron 7000. Eli doesn’t smoke, but simply smelling his dad’s burning cigar takes Eli back to the night he…

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Government looking into FDA’s planned ban of menthol cigarettes, cigars

By Harrison Clark / October 17, 2023

Federal: The White House is looking into an FDA plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. Approval would be the last step before the ban is finalized.

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Fuente Dinner Raises $335,000 For Cigar Family Charitable Foundation

By Harrison Clark / October 17, 2023

Connecticut: Carlos Fuente Jr. had never been to Greenwich, Connecticut before last week. After the night he had at Burning Tree Country Club, it’s likely that he’s going to come…

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FAIRBANKS, ALASKA RAISES TOBACCO TAX

By Cody Carden / October 17, 2023

Alaska: Earlier this week, the Fairbanks City Council voted to raise the city’s tax on tobacco products from 8 percent to 20 percent of the wholesale price, a move that…

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Antiques Roadshow guest stunned to discover the value of an old cigar found in her attic which was owned by a VERY famous person

By Cody Carden / October 17, 2023

United Kingdom: The lady had also brought along an old cigar in a cardboard tube saying: ‘As you can see it’s addressed to Morris [her father in-law] from Mr Churchill’.…

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Central American Culture’s Influence on the Premium Cigar Industry

By Cody Carden / October 15, 2023

Across Latin America, where ancient traditions and rich culture intertwine, lies the premium cigar industry’s heart and soul. The story of culture in the Americas and its profound influence on…

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