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With overall sales in decline, Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s handmade cigar segment posts 8% growth.   The first quarter is traditionally the weakest period of the year for STG. Consolidated revenue came in at 1.859 billion Danish kroner (DKK) — approximately €249,769 — down 6% compared to the same quarter in 2025. This contraction is largely attributable to unfavourable exchange rate

In the first quarter of 2026, the United States imported 90.9 million premium cigars, a decrease of 3% compared to last year.   The figures for the first quarter of 2026 published by the Cigar Association of America (CAA) are historic. Not because of the slight 3% decrease in volume they reveal, but because with 17.2 million premium cigars exported

The cigar industry won a historic victory in a federal court in Washington. While commentators considered this hypothesis most unlikely, the US Department of Justice has decided to appeal the judgment of August 9 in favor of the premium cigar industry, announced to L’Amateur Fred Vandermarliere , president of Oliva cigars. “It wasn’t really expected, it’s a shame,” he said.

On August 9, a federal judge in Washington canceled the FDA’s handmade cigar market regulation. Rocky Patel was the face of this fight which lasted almost eight years. We met him in the aisles of the Intertabac trade fair in Dortmund (Germany) on September 15.   L’Amateur de Cigare: What was your first reaction when you learned the victory against

After the victory of the cigar industry over the FDA, the gap is widening between an American market still as little regulated and European markets which are sinking into repression. Analysis.   The decision of the federal judge is a clear and fully deserved victory for the cigar industry in the United States. A clear victory because the judge completely