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Palm Beach County businesses reopen under “Phase 2” guidelines today

By Karl Dickey on September 8, 2020

Today, September 8, 2020, Palm Beach County businesses, including restaurants, will reopen in “Phase 2” under the county’s Board of Commissioners’ Emergency Order #24 (EO24). Today will be “Step 1” of “Phase 2” for businesses to reopen, and for example it enables restaurant guests to sit at the bar, so long as social distancing practices are in effect. EO24 affects businesses in both incorporated and unincorporated Palm Beach County (county-wide). The county’s emergency orders are the government’s response to COVID-19 and the emergency orders handed down by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Cigar Dave moves from terrestrial radio to expand audience via two new podcasts

By Karl Dickey on July 11, 2020

For fellow cigar aficionados, the Cigar Dave Show has been a regular weekly event every Saturday for relaxation and entertainment on the radio. Cigar Dave is unapologetically anti-PC and one has to understand that when listening to his show. It is… Read More ›

Will warning labels be removed from cigars?

By Karl Dickey on July 11, 2020

A unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has found flaws in the FDA’s Deeming Rule regulating cigars and held this past week that the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) did not… Read More ›

Smokin’ on the Hudson event is next weekend!

By Karl Dickey on May 12, 2018

It’s almost time to set sail for one of the most anticipated smoking events of the year. Smokin’ on the Hudson 2018 is upon us, and there’s still time to join your fellow connoisseurs aboard the Cornucopia Majesty Cruise, for… Read More ›

Rocky Patel adds DeSocio series to their line of premium cigars

By pbfreepressstaff on May 1, 2018

Bonita Springs, FL – Rocky Patel Premium Cigars (RPPC) has collaborated with Alliance Cigar to add a new size to Alliance’s acclaimed DeSocio series. A corona gorda vitola will be available in RPPC’s renowned Sun Grown Maduro brand and will… Read More ›

FDA Regulations To Devastate Cigar Industry And Cost Thousands Of Jobs

By pbfreepressstaff on May 1, 2018

TAMARAC, Fla., April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The FDA has set a series of rules into effect that imposes harmful regulations on the cigar industry and its small businesses and could put upwards of 50 percent of the industry out of business… Read More ›

Premium cigars take center stage at federal budget hearing

By Karl Dickey on February 18, 2018

On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, the White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney was on Capitol Hill testifying before the House Budget Committee on the Fiscal Year 2019 budget. During the course of the hearing, Congressman… Read More ›

Culebra added to Tabaquero by Hamlet Paredes

By Karl Dickey on January 11, 2018

Bonita Springs, FL – A unique new size has been added to the Tabaquero by Hamlet Paredes brand and will start shipping in this month. It is a traditional culebra that interlocks three long and thin cigars into what resembles… Read More ›

Lamborghini enters the cigar market

By pbfreepressstaff on July 19, 2017 • ( 1 )

Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based company Lamborghini Latino America, USA licensed the Lamborghini Brand to manufacture the first cigar under the popular and luxury brand name. Lamborghini Cigars are manufactured by the Hernandez Cantillo family and are imported from Estali, Nicaragua. Lamborghini… Read More ›

A last-ditch effort to save e-cigs from the FDA and Big Tobacco

By pbfreepressstaff on February 24, 2017

The vape industry currently stands on the edge of complete demise thanks to regulatory overreach. However, two Congressmen, Reps. Tom Cole (R-OK) and Sanford Bishop (D-GA), recently introduced legislation, which, if passed, may grant the e-cigarette industry a much-needed reprieve…. Read More ›