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The new, two-viola limited edition was shown off in April at PCA 2026. Unlike most Sumatra-branded cigars, the wrapper is from Indonesia.

While STG might be down overall, handmade cigar sales are slightly up. The company says it's sold around $240 million worth of cigars through the first six months of 2025.

In April, the cigar industry and the California attorney general's office argued in front of a three-judge federal appeals panel. Despite some optimism coming out of the hearing, the industry did not win its bid for a prelmimarny injunction.

In 2016, Powstanie released the first SBC. Each release is dedicated to those who have helped the Szczepankewicz brothers in their journey in the cigar industry.

Laudisi is keeping it in the family. Caldwell's Eastern Standard Lancero is back for a limited run, available exclusively at smokingpipes.

A few weeks ago, the HVC Hot Cake 10th anniversary cigar shipped nationwide. As it turns out, that's not the only new Hot Cake that's been released this month.

The Expedition Collection appears to be the export version of last year's Eiroa Aviator Series, though Christian Eiroa won't say if the cigars are the same.

The new cigar honors Charlemagne, the Roman emperor. Unlike seemingly every other Edición Regional release these days, it only has two bands.

At the 2026 PCA Convention & Trade Show, two new Gellis Family Cigars blends were shown off. This is a new NACSA-made robusto with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over Nicaraguan tobaccos.

This is one of four different 10th anniversary cigars for Cavalier Genève. This particular one contains 10 different types of tobacco, double what was once a common standard.