A bowl of pasta. Cuban cigars. U.S. antitrust laws. Those three ideas probably haven't converged in the same conversation since the halcyon days of Santo Trafficante Jr., but they came …
In its never-ending quest to protect our troubled, misguided youth from the scourge of premium cigars, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has issued warning …
It's been called sweet dirt, it's been called ugly, and it's been called one of the best-tasting wrappers in the world. I'm talking about Broadleaf tobacco, and not the leaf grown in …
As of this summer, I have a dozen IPCPRs under my belt. Well, some of those shows were RTDA's, so technically, that's not correct. Let's say, I've gone to 12 tobacco trade shows so far. …
On Sunday I fly out to Las Vegas with the editorial team from Cigar Aficionado to attend the annual IPCPR trade show. It's trade show No. 22 for me, which is hard to believe, and I'm …
If I were to say "classic Cuban Churchill" what would you think of? Romeo y Julieta Churchill? Cohiba Esplendido? Probably. These have been the benchmark Cuban Churchills for quite some …
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The Food and Drug Administration announced its Final Ruling on May 5, and cigar lovers, retail shop owners and manufacturers were understandably outraged. The restrictions the FDA wishes to …
The United States Food and Drug Administration last week released its Final Ruling, a historic set of regulations that extends the agency's authority to all tobacco products, including …
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