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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 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

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

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 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 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

The CAA Goes to Washington: Scott Pearce Makes the Case Against Cigar Tariffs Before Federal Trade Officials When Scott Pearce walked into the hearing room to face the Section 301 Committee, he carried with him the weight of an entire American industry — one measured not just in billions of dollar

The Cigar Industry Takes the Fight to Federal Court — Again The premium cigar world has never been a passive participant in its own regulation. For the better part of a decade, some of the most recognizable names in the business have spent enormous resources battling the federal government over wh

The Premium Cigar Market Is Booming — And the Numbers Prove It There is a moment in every serious cigar aficionado's evening when the world slows down: the careful selection of a stick, the deliberate cut, the ritual lighting. What was once considered a pastime belonging exclusively to boardrooms

Pricey Full Bodied Cigars For Special Occasions Image credit: Flux.1 There are cigars you smoke on a Tuesday evening just to unwind, and then there