General Interest News

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

Dec 14

Rezoning approved for cigar and bourbon lounge

Kentucky: The Georgetown-Scott County Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve an application to rezone the property located at 1442 Delaplain Road from A-1 (agricultural) to B-1 (business) to allow…

Dec 12

VODCast: The Cigar World’s Dirtiest Cigar Secrets

VODCast: This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Do you want to know a secret? How about a whole bunch…

Dec 06

Tampa’s cigar festival named largest in the world

Florida: Ybor City was full of people the first week of December for the world’s largest cigar festival. Thousands of people packed into Centennial Park to enjoy an array of…

Dec 06

Ybor City organization supporting troops by sending ‘Cigars for Soldiers’

Florida: An Ybor City organization is working to support our troops by giving Cigars for Soldiers, a unique way to say thank you for their service with a gift that…

Dec 05

Cigar company must move 5,000 bats before renovating historic Tampa speakeasy

Florida: The Sanchez y Haya Building along East Columbus Avenue in north Ybor City was a restaurant and hotel in the early 1900s. During the Prohibition era, it was hosting…

Dec 03

The Newly Reopened Cigar Club at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis Dazzles With Roaring ’20s Style

Missouri: There’s a hidden corner of The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis in Clayton that transports visitors back in time. For those in the know, all it takes is a handful of…

Nov 30

VODCast: 20 Things Only a Cigar Smoker Knows

Nov 29

How Virginia Tech celebrated winning the Commonwealth Cup

Virginia: How Virginia Tech celebrated winning the Commonwealth Cup

Nov 22

Florida History: Ybor City, the ‘heart of Tampa,’ still beating more than a century later

Florida: Ybor City calls itself “the heart of Tampa.” It is. In the 43 years between its founding in 1886 and the start of the Great Depression of the 1930s,…

Nov 16

30 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FORM CONGRESSIONAL CIGAR CAUCUS

Washington, DC: Earlier this month, the Congressional Cigar Caucus Caucus was approved as a Congressional Member Organization, better known as a caucus. The effort is being led by Rep. Dan…