Weekly News (May 14, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: Despite this tweet, it was somewhat of a slow week in terms of cigar news per say. Perhaps the largest news was the introduction of the Tobacco Tax Equity Act, which would inevitably increase taxes on various types of cigars. This comes only a few weeks after concerning language in a recent Senate appropriations [...]

Weekly News (April 23, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: This week we added a new sponsor, Defeat Prop 29. For those of you that don’t know, Prop 29 is a ballot measure in California that would raise the taxes on cigars from its current 31.73% to 54.89% of the wholesale prices. Prop 29 goes to vote on June 5, 2012 and you [...]

Review: My Father Flor de las Antillas Toro

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On March 16, 2012, My Father showed off their newest creation, Flor de las Antillas, for the first time at Federal Cigar’s 91st anniversary party. Not much was known about the release at that time, but more details have emerged since then. We now know that the Flor de las Antillas is a Nicaraguan puro [...]

Weekly News (March 26, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: Today is a slightly different note. Legendary sports historian Bert Sugar passed away yesterday at 75. Bert was a noted boxing historian and as a fan of boxing, his insight and memory was remarkable. Bert was also a cigar smoker, a noted cigar smoker. Need proof? Every picture of him on the first [...]

News: My Father Shows Off Flor de las Antillas

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Over the weekend, My Father show off its newest line, Flor de las Antillas, for the first time at Federal Cigar’s 91st Anniversary party. The line is being billed as more medium cigar from the García family, as well as being the first full line to be fully box-pressed with four expected sizes to debut [...]