Recent Cigars Articles
Craig Reynolds Joins Best Cigar Prices as Industry Advisor
Craig Reynolds Brings Big-League Experience to Best Cigar Prices as New Advisor The premium cigar industry runs on institutional knowledge — the kind built over decades of navigating mergers, acquisitions, retail expansions, and the shifting tastes of millions of smokers. When someone with that de
Cuba's Cigar Crisis Is the Worst It's Been in Decades
Empty Shelves, Scarce Smoke: Cuba's Cigar Crisis Is the Worst in Decades Walk into a premium tobacco shop in London, Toronto, or Dubai right now and ask for a Cohiba Siglo VI or a Montecristo No. 2. The answer — if the retailer is being straight with you — is some version of the same story: there
Why Premium Cigars Now Cost as Much as a Car Payment
The $27 Cohiba and What It Really Means: Inside the Exploding Cost of Premium Cigars Walk into a newly opened cigar shop with a liquor license — the kind of place with leather chairs, Spanish cedar humidor walls, and soft lighting that makes every smoke feel like an occasion — and you may find you
Premium Cigar Association's Bold Global Expansion Plan
The Premium Cigar Association Is Going Global — and It's Just Getting Started For most of its nearly century-long existence, the Premium Cigar Association operated with a fundamentally domestic mindset. Founded in 1933 as the Retail Tobacco Dealers of America, the organization spent decades focuse
The World's Strongest Cigar Returns in Limited Release
The World's Strongest Cigar Is Back — And This Time, You'd Better Be Ready Some cigars make a quiet debut and earn their reputation slowly, box by box, review by review, over years of humidor rotation. The World's Strongest Cigar did none of that. When it made its debut at the 2024 New England Cig
Micallef Expands Exclusive Gordo Cigars at Two Guys Cigars
Micallef Expands Its Exclusive Gordo Lineup at Two Guys Cigars with Blue, Green, and White Additions There are partnerships in the premium cigar world that make intuitive sense from the moment they're announced, and the growing collaboration between Micallef Cigars and Two Guys Cigars is shaping u
Inside the Dominican Republic's New Immersive Cigar Museum
PROCIGAR and the Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration Launch a Permanent Immersive Experience Celebrating Santiago's Tobacco Heritage There is a building at the center of Santiago de los Caballeros that cigar smokers know by instinct. The Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración — a towering
Premium Cigar Association Takes Aim at Asia-Pacific Market
The Premium Cigar Association Is Planting Its Flag in Hong Kong — and the Industry Is Paying Attention For decades, the center of gravity in the premium cigar world has been fixed somewhere between the tobacco fields of Nicaragua, the auction floors of Geneva, and the trade show floors of Las Vega
South Dakota Ends 16-Year Cigar Bar Ban with HB 1215
South Dakota Opens the Humidor: How HB 1215 Ended a 16-Year Freeze on Cigar Bars — and Why Washington Is Taking Notice In the world of premium cigars, the wins are rarely loud. They don't happen on national stages or in sweeping federal legislation. They happen in state capitals — in committee roo
The Generational Tobacco Ban: How It Works and Where
The Generational Tobacco Ban Explained: A Policy Rewriting the Rules of Smoking Forever For more than a century, governments have battled the tobacco industry with the same tools: age minimums, warning labels, advertising restrictions, and tax hikes. These measures moved the needle, but none of th
