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Britain's Cigar Industry Faces Its Most Existential Crisis in Centuries The handmade cigar has survived wars, economic depressions, shifting cultural tastes, and decades of mounting tobacco restrictions. Now, a two-pronged regulatory assault from the British government is threatening to do what no

The Hand-Rolled Cigar Is Having Its Moment — And the Numbers Prove It There is something unhurried about a hand-rolled cigar. The ritual of cutting, lighting, and drawing from a stick that required hours of skilled labor to construct runs directly against the grain of the modern attention economy.

Australia's Tobacco Tax Reckoning: The Coalition's 80% Cut Proposal and the Black Market Crisis That Made It Inevitable For decades, Australia positioned itself as the world's most aggressive tobacco hawk — a country so committed to stamping out smoking that it introduced plain packaging, banned m

How Big Tobacco Hijacked the Federal Comment Process to Kill the Menthol Cigarette Ban In the spring of 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did something it had been inching toward for more than a decade: it formally proposed banning menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and eli

The Greatest Name in Cigars Has Been in Legal Limbo for Nearly Thirty Years There is no name in the premium cigar world that carries more weight than Cohiba. It conjures Havana at its most decadent, hand-rolled perfection, the smoky back rooms of power, and the private tastes of one of history's m

When the Smoke Clears: How Cigar Stocks Rose, Crashed, and What Every Investor Should Know About the Industry's Complicated History Wall Street has always had a complicated relationship with vice. Tobacco stocks have traditionally been among the market's most reliable dividend plays — steady cash

Rocky Patel America 250: The Cigar Built for a Nation's Birthday There are moments in the premium cigar world when a release transcends the usual rhythm of trade show buzz and retailer orders. The Rocky Patel America 250 is shaping up to be one of those moments — a limited-edition toro conceived n

Diesel Uncaged: Forged Cigar Company Drops a New Everyday Powerhouse Built for the Bold There is a particular kind of cigar smoker who doesn't want a special occasion. He wants Tuesday night. He wants the end of a long shift, a cold drink, a porch, and something in his hand that doesn't apologize

Casa 1910 and Smoker Friendly Join Forces in a Deal That Could Reshape the Mexican Premium Cigar Market There are partnerships in the cigar industry that are purely logistical — a brand finds shelf space, a retailer moves more units, and both sides move on. Then there are the deals that carry real

Emperors Cut Cigars Drops Prophecy: A Limited-Edition Churchill Built on Ambition, Heritage, and World-Class Tobacco There are cigars released every week in the premium market, but not all of them carry the weight of a story worth telling. Prophecy, the newest limited-production offering from Empe