Author Archives: lucas
Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. Partners with Volutes et Vitoles for Distribution in France
The Leaf by Oscar leads the company’s entry into the French market. It is accompanied [...]
Angel Oliva Jr. Passes Away at Age 91
Oliva began his professional career in architecture, earning awards and recognition for several projects, He [...]
Tabacalera de García, Flor de Copán Resume Shipments to Altadis U.S.A./JR Cigar
Tabacalera S.L.U. has received special licenses that allow it to do business with American and [...]
Guillen & Co. Announces Canadian Distribution Deal With Kretek International
Guillen & Co. is a relatively-new Canadian brand. It has five core lines, made at [...]
Report: Trump Planning on Firing FDA Commissioner Martin Makary
For months, Trump has been frustrated with the FDA’s slow-walking of vape approvals. The agency’s [...]
I Dream About Magnolias in Bloom, a PCA 2026 Recap
One final dispatch from New Orleans, a city we will learn to miss. The post [...]
Three Decades of Cigars and Celebration at Toronto’s Cigar Studio
For 30 years time, Cigar Studio has occupied the same corner of Etobicoke where Jerry [...]
Oregon Supreme Court Upholds Washington County’s Flavored Tobacco Ban
More than five years ago, Washington County, part of the Portland metroplex, passed a ban [...]
CLE 25th Anniversary TAA 2025
This is the second TAA-exclusive size of CLE’s 25th Anniversary line, which commemorates Christian Eiroa’s [...]
Blackened Experience Frankfurt 2026
Frankfurt will become the center of the international cigar world this May as Drew Estate [...]


