Star Cigar
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Star Cigar is an internationally distributed brand of cigars and accessories manufactured in the Dominican Republic.The company is amongst the top 36 cigar manufacturers in the world.[1]
History
The S.O.B Dominican cigar brand can be linked to its origins from Tabaqueria Carbonell CXA, a company founded in 1894 with over a century of experience in cigar manufacturing. Fran “Shon” Shatone Brooks invented the product and introduced it to the United States in May 2013.[2]
Brooks Entertainment Inc. collaborated with Jose Rivas from the Dominican Republic for the design. Brooks Entertainment Inc. strategically has not granted permission for all other suppliers in these other states to carry the luxury cigars.[3]
Instead of relying on traditional cigar trunk trade shows, the brand focused on the quality of hand-rolled cigars and leveraged the strong fan base of Shon Brooks.[3]
Smoke Magazine Review and Hard Rock Casino Debut
In March 2014, less than a year after it was introduced to consumers, S.O.B. Robusto was featured in Smoke Magazine, cigarweekly (The limited Shon Brooks[4] "Star Cigar" becomes one of the highest rated cigars on the planet.),[1] a quarterly lifestyle publication for cigar enthusiasts. The cigar received ratings between 87 and 95 on a 100-point rating scale.
In 2014, Brooks secured an agreement with Hard Rock to retail the cigars in the five-star Hard Rock Casino in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Shon Brooks Television and Star Cigar Brand Reaches 4 Billion Views - Unplugged". CigarWeekly - Magazine & forums. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ "Shon Brooks Invents "Star Cigar" for Dominican Republic". May 3, 2013.
- ^ a b "Star Cigar - Ezra Zion". CigarCraig's Blog.
- ^ "Amazon". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ "Shon Brooks "Star Cigar" Hits the Hard Rock Casino". July 12, 2013.