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Drawing a Line Between Stogies and Smoke Shops: Why Forsyth County Is Rewriting the Rules Drive down Buford Highway through Forsyth County, Georgia, and the retail landscape tells a complicated story. Tucked between nail salons and strip mall restaurants, you'll find Cigar Studio 57 sitting a few

The Cuban Cigar Gets More Expensive to Ship — And the World Is Starting to Feel It For cigar enthusiasts outside the United States, getting their hands on a genuine Habanos product from Cuba has long been one of life's quieter pleasures — a luxury insulated, at least in part, from the political tu

One of the World's Oldest Tobacconists Just Launched Its Most Ambitious Cigar in Decades There are very few retail addresses anywhere on earth that carry the kind of accumulated weight 19 St James's Street does. The building has watched empires rise and fall, survived two world wars, and outlasted

How Padrón and Arturo Fuente Took Over AI Search — and What It Means for the Premium Cigar World The humidor at your local tobacconist has always been its own kind of authority. A knowledgeable retailer who steers you toward a Nicaraguan puro or a Dominican blend, who knows which limited releases

The Last Factory Standing: How Tampa's J.C. Newman Cigar Co. Became the Official Smoke of America's 250th Birthday There are moments in American commerce when legacy and timing intersect so cleanly that the result feels less like a business deal and more like destiny. That is precisely what happen

Arturo Fuente's Father & Son 2026 Collection: Two New Cigars, Fifty Years of Legacy, and a Sampler Worth Every Cent Every year, when Father's Day rolls around, the premium cigar world turns its collective attention to one release above all others: the Arturo Fuente Father & Son sampler. Fo

Brazil's Third Habanos Regional Edition Has Arrived — And It's a Brand-Maker There are cigars that fill a portfolio slot, and then there are cigars that reshape a market. Brazil's third Habanos Regional Edition, the La Gloria Cubana Série Brasil No. 3, firmly belongs in the second category. More t

The Smoke Signals Are Clear: North America's Cigar Market Is on a Decade-Long Tear There is a peculiar alchemy happening inside the humidors, smoke lounges, and online checkout carts of North America right now. An industry that many observers once dismissed as a relic of a bygone era — a prop for

Arturo Fuente's OpusX Baby Shark 77 Arrives in Stores — The Cigar World's Most Coveted Vitola Just Got a Compact New Sibling There are cigar releases, and then there are Arturo Fuente moments. The two are not the same thing. When Fuente drops something new under the OpusX banner — especially somet

Hamptons Cigar Manufactory & Museum Drops The Commish Corona — A Premium Smoke Built Around Service, Legacy, and Authority In a premium cigar market crowded with celebrity collaborations and flavor-forward gimmicks, it takes something with genuine narrative weight to cut through the noise. Ham