For the week of May 5-9, 2008
Los Angeles – Imperial Tobacco acquired Altadis, S.A. last year because the company sells a lot of cigarettes. It also sells a lot of cigars, in fact more than any other company in the world. Its unquestioned leadership in cigardom was confirmed by Imperial’s release of the full-year results for Altadis for 2007, which showed that the company’s total cigar sales reached $1.31 billion U.S. (converted from Euro). That’s a lot of sticks; the highlights.
posted: Monday May 5th - 10:09am
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Heard in the Humidor: April 28 - May 4
LOS ANGELES – The annual Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas is focused primarily on the convenience store market, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t plenty of new brands to see and new ideas to consider. Some of the highlights ...
posted: Monday April 28th - 11:16am
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Heard in the Humidor: April 21-27, 2008
LOS ANGELES – There was a time when Mexico’s Te-Amo brand was one of the largest-selling cigars in the U.S. That time has passed, but not for a lack of effort by the Turrent family, now in its sixth generation in tobacco and still hard at work in the San Andres Valley.
posted: Monday April 21st - 10:18am
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For the week of April 14-18, 2008
Short and wide cigars become all the rage during the Cigar Boom and the robusto, at five inches long and 50 ring gauge replaced the 42-ring corona as the default size of choice for many American smokers.
posted: Monday April 14th - 10:26am
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Heard in the Humidor: April 7-13
LOS ANGELES – Like the Energizer bunny, cigar imports into the U.S. just keep going and going.
posted: Monday April 7th - 9:47am
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Heard in the Humidor: Apr. 1-Apr. 4
LOS ANGELES – "In order to increase our market share and strengthen our position in the U.S. market, we felt it was imperative to introduce changes to our marketing and distribution strategies. "Joya de Nicaragua is an exemplary Nicaraguan puro which has earned a privileged place with experienced cigar smokers. The task before us now is to achieve a market presence which is consistent not only with its value, but more importantly, its soul." With that preamble, Joya de Nicaragua owner Dr. Alejandro Martinez Cuenca formally announced on March 25 his company’s decision to award its American distribution rights, as expected, to fellow Nicaraguan cigar maker Drew Estate.
posted: Tuesday April 1st - 9:53am
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For the week of March 24-28, 2008
LOS ANGELES - One of the most draconian smoking bans anywhere in the world is in the state of Washington. A bluntly worked initiative passed by voters in 2005 banned smoking in smokeshops as well as bars, restaurants and other locations. Now, the Cigar Association of Washington has mobilized to try to get an initiative on the November ballot that will permit smoking in cigar shops and cigar bars.
posted: Monday March 24th - 9:39am
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For the week of March 17-21, 2008
LOS ANGELES – The peak year of the Cigar Boom came in 1997, when imports of premium cigars jumped as astounding 71.6 percent to a still-frightening total of 417.8 million. The following year, the figures were reduced, but a still sensational 334.6 million cigars were imported in what is generally considered the last year of the fad.
posted: Monday March 17th - 1:13pm
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Heard in the Humidor: For the week of March 10-14, 2008
Los Angeles – "If you will try a 1495, you will pick up on what complexity is."
posted: Monday March 10th - 1:56pm
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Heard in the Humidor: For the week of March 3-7, 2008
New Hampshire cigar shop owners fight a proposed wholesale tax; can Arizona's Smoke-Free Act be applied to cigar shops that sell alcohol?
posted: Monday March 3rd - 10:11am
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Heard in the Humidor: For the week of February 24-29, 2008
Will you have to apply to smoke in the UK?
posted: Monday February 25th - 12:20pm
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For the week of February 18-22, 2008
Los Angeles – There’s no doubt that the Camacho Corojo is a cigar worth celebrating. Its debut in 2000 was one of the catalytic events that has created an unquenchable appetite for fuller-bodied cigars among American premium cigar smokers. But that cigar would never have been except for the work of the Eiroa family in creating the modern version of the Corojo leaf that originated in Cuba more than 70 years ago.
posted: Tuesday February 19th - 6:40am
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Heard in the Humidor: For the week of February 11-15, 2008
The unstoppable flow of premium cigars headed into the United States continued strong as the Cigar Association of America’s import report for November 2007 was released.
posted: Tuesday February 12th - 10:52am
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Heard in the Humidor: For the week of February 4-8th 2008
With the Screen Actors Guild Awards being given a waiver in the ongoing Writers Guild strike against producers, the stars came out in January for the event and so did the cigars.
posted: Tuesday February 5th - 10:22am
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For the week of January 28-February 1, 2008
posted: Monday January 28th - 9:34am
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Heard in the Humidor: For the week of January 21-25, 2008
Compared with the drumbeat of negative reporting about cigarettes, there’s increasing coverage – generally positive – about cigar retailers and their positive impact on their communities...
posted: Tuesday January 22nd - 11:11am
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For the week of January 14-18, 2008
posted: Monday January 14th - 9:58am
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Heard in the Humidor: January 7th-11th, 2008
For the year, imports reached 268.9 million handmade cigars through the first 10 months of the 2007--an increase of 7.71 percent for the year. If the pattern holds through the December report, the total for the year will reach 335.0 million, the second-highest total on record.
posted: Monday January 7th - 10:01am
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For the week of December 31, 2007-January 4, 2008
posted: Wednesday January 2nd - 10:31am
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For the week of December 24-28, 2007
posted: Wednesday December 26th - 4:26pm
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Heard in the Humidor: Week of December 17-21, 2007
Although many smokers of premium cigars don’t pay much attention to the flavored side of the cigar business, it’s growing in importance.
posted: Monday December 17th - 10:22am
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For the week of December 10-14, 2007
posted: Monday December 10th - 11:52am
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For the week of December 3-7, 2007
HEARD IN THE HUMIDOR Highlights of the week in cigars and smoking from CigarCyclopedia.com
posted: Monday December 3rd - 6:10am
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For the week of November 26-30
Highlights of the week in cigars and smoking from CigarCyclopedia.com.
posted: Monday November 26th - 2:53pm
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For the week of November 19-23, 2007
HEARD IN THE HUMIDOR Highlights of the week in cigars and smoking from CigarCyclopedia.com.
posted: Monday November 19th - 11:03am
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For the week of November 12-16, 2007
posted: Monday November 12th - 10:34am
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