Cigar Aficionado

The International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) association is changing its name to the Premium Cigar Association.

Oettinger Davidoff reported a small decrease in corporate sales for 2018, while claiming gains in sales of the cigar brands owned by the company. 

The International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers association announced that it’s rebranding the organization and making other changes.

General Cigar Co. president Régis Broersma has accepted another position within Scandinavian Tobacco Group and will be relocating to Europe.

Tabacalera USA has appointed Brad Winstead as the new head of Casa De Montecristo.

The upward trend in handmade, premium cigar shipments is continuing.

Here are the biggest deals in the handmade cigar business, listed in ascending order of value, from $40 million to more than $20 billion.

J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is renovating and expanding its historic cigar factory in Tampa’s Ybor City neighborhood.

A look at the history of Imperial Brands, which recently announced its intentions to sell its premium cigar division.

Imperial Brands PLC intends to sell its premium cigar business, a company that includes two major cigar factories, one of the world’s largest cigar retail chains, 50 percent of Cuba’s …

This week, five members of the premium, handrolled cigar industry in the Dominican Republic met with the country’s President, Danilo Medina, to discuss concerns over FDA regulations in the …

On Friday, April 26, the Grand Havana Room will be hosting a Fuente Cigar Family Charitable Foundation dinner.

Alan Rubin, the founder of Alec Bradley Cigars, has acquired Lars Tetens Brands.

The final numbers for 2018 are in and imports of premium, handmade cigars rose 9.7 percent, to 362 million units, the best year for imports since 1997.

Tickets for the Big Smoke Las Vegas are now on sale. The event returns to the Mirage hotel on the Las Vegas strip November 15-17.

The December figures for 2018 have yet to be released, but the year is already bigger than 2017—and is certain to be the best year for handmade cigar imports since 1998. Despite a poor …

Thompson Cigar, one of the oldest mail-order cigar companies in the United States, is closing its headquarters and warehouse in Tampa, Florida, and moving to Pennsylvania.

On Saturday, more than 1,000 cigar lovers converged at Cigar Aficionado’s Big Smoke Florida for one, cigar-filled night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.