In 2016, cigar smokers throughout the United States breathed a sigh of relief—some may even have given an exuberant shout of joy—when the Obama administration announced that U.S. citizens could now ...

Whether you are speaking of the Cuban or the Dominican brand, the Cohiba name is revered among most cigar connoisseurs. The Extra Vigoroso, though, has catapulted the Dominican Cohiba to the pinnacle ...

After Fidel Castro took control of Cuba in 1959, many of the country’s cigar makers decamped for more favorable political climates. Most settled in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and ...

As the cigar market moves towards the craftsmanship and creativity of the luxury sector, Chris Madden discovers how the ...

Radhames Rodriguez is using a rare tobacco and special wrapper to roll 50,000 of his new premium cigars, the Pulita, in the Dominican Republic. U.S. aficionados shouldn't get their hopes up though -- ...

If there's one thing that Jay Z enjoys, it's a good cigar. So it comes as no surprise that the hip-hop mogul is expanding his empire yet again to include tobacco products. The Brooklyn, N.Y., native ...

Locked-down smokers around the world are proving to be a boon for the Dominican Republic's cigar and tobacco industry. Already the world's largest cigar producer, the Caribbean nation is on track to ...

A cigar company that manufactured premium cigars for more than 90 years in Lackawanna County will shut down as of Aug. 31 and move production to the Dominican Republic. Parodi Holdings, doing business ...