Groups Call Out FDA Inaction on Menthol Cigarette Regulation and Ban
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is facing yet another tobacco-related legal challenge from a group calling out the agency's lack of a...
A Cautionary Tale: Australia’s Over Regulation of Tobacco and Nicotine
As tobacco businesses in the U.S. continue to come to terms with operating under increased regulations, observing how other countries are handling tobacco regulation...
Georgia’s House Bill 1229 Takes on Alternative Nicotine
House Bill 1229 sets out to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation. The bill's supporters ...
Lost & Found Announce Initiative-Based Release ‘GAF’
Lost & Found, a brand owned by Robert Caldwell, Tony Bellatto and Jaclyn Sears, has a new charitable release coming out–GAF (Give a F*ck)....
Davidoff Reports on 2019 Financial Performance and 2020 Outlook
Oettinger Davidoff (Davidoff) is reporting that while total sales for the 2019 financial year were down slightly by 9.4 percent, the company still managed...
Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival 2020 Cancelled
Smoker Friendly International, hosts of the annual Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival, announced today that the 2020 edition, originally scheduled Aug. 29 at the Omni...
Pyxus International Files for Chapter 11
Pyxus International, a major U.S. supplier of tobacco, filed voluntary petitions of relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S....
Lawsuit Filed Against Los Angeles County Flavor Ban Ordinance
The following article was submitted by the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO)
On June 1, 2020, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, American Snuff Company, LLC,...
Four Manufacturers Create “The Traveling Road Show”
The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has once again shown the premium cigar industry’s resilience despite disruptions to the usual business. Stay-at-home orders and quarantines have...
Kaizad Hansotia Resigns from Gurkha Cigars
Gurkha Cigars will be moving onward without its founder. The company announced on June 10, 2020 that Kaizad Hansotia, founder of the company, would...
