General Interest News

Read about what's happening with premium cigars outside the legislative and regulatory sphere

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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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

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…

The perfect cigar: Inside the rolling room of the last hand-rolled factory in the U.S.

Florida: You are immediately transported back in time when you walk into the J.C. Newnan Cigar Co in Ybor City. The employees at the factory are artisans, channeling generations of…

Tampa has 25 remaining cigar factories, 23 are being used. Here’s how.

Florida: In the 1920s, there were more than 200 cigar factories, mostly in Ybor City and West Tampa, making Tampa the global hub of the industry.

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U.S. Tobacconists Report Increased Sales in 2023

According to a recent Cigar Aficionado article, the majority of U.S. tobacconists report increased sales this year. The cigar industry is experiencing a boom, with 69.1% of U.S. cigar retailers…

Tony Gomez Elected to CRA Board of Directors

By Cody Carden – Sept. 7, 2023 Tony Gomez Appointed to the CRA Board of Directors ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Board of Directors of Cigar Rights of America (CRA) announced today…

Tampa honors man who built city’s first cigar factory, Ignacio Haya

Florida: One of Tampa’s riverside parks is named for a very important man that many have never heard of. Everyone in the area knows of Ybor City, but Vincente Ybor had…

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