Federal Appeals Court Rejects Appeal to Move Substantial Equivalence Date
Save the date–Substantial Equivalence is happening on Sept. 9, 2020, whether you like it or now. That's the message that was sent by the...
Arango Cigar Co. to Distribute 4th Generation
Arango Cigar Co. and Erik Stokkebye’s 4th Generation have announced a distribution deal that began May 1. Arango is now the exclusive United States...
Swedish Match Touts Record First Quarter 2020 Results
Swedish Match is reporting a positive first quarter, mostly led by a growing smokeless category and products like ZYN. In a recent recap of...
BAT Provides COVID-19 Update, 2020 Outlook
Like many companies, British American Tobacco (BAT) is responding to the current impact COVID-19 may have on its business as it looks ahead to...
Lost & Found Announce No Free Lunch
Lost & Found Cigars, a company owned by Robert Caldwell, Tony Bellatto, and Jaclyn Sears, has announced its latest series, No Free Lunch, a...
Imperial Brands Sells Premium Cigar Business for $1.33 Billion
It is official–Imperial Brands is out of the premium cigar industry. This morning, it was was announced that Imperial Brands has sold its premium...
Régis Broersma Returns as President of General Cigar Company
On April 23, 2020, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) announced that it had completed its integration of Royal Agio Cigars . With the integration of...
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Completes Agio Cigars Integration
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced the completion of its integration of Royal Agio Cigars and now it's talking about the rest of its...
PCA and the CRA Comment on Substantial Equivalence Extension
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and Cigar Rights of America (CRA) are commending the decision made by the courts to extend the Substantial Equivalence...
Room 101 Soft Launches Death Bucket
Matt Booth, owner of Room 101, has announced the return of a well-received cigar line–Death Bucket.
Back in January 2017, Booth announced he was retiring...