https://tobaccouk.com/blogs/news/18361869-first-post 2015-04-13T20:13:19+01:00 weekly https://tobaccouk.com/blogs/journal/cigars-for-beginners-how-to-choose-your-first-cigar 2026-09-29T16:53:05+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0830/1501/articles/hero_1.jpg?v=1790697101 Cigars for beginners: how to choose your first cigar Engraved-style illustration of a banded cigar resting across a tobacco leaf, with a double-blade guillotine cutter beside it, in gold linework on a dark background. https://tobaccouk.com/blogs/journal/how-to-store-cigars 2026-09-29T16:53:05+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0830/1501/articles/hero_2.jpg?v=1790697117 How to store cigars Illustration of an open wooden humidor filled with banded cigars, with a brass-rimmed hygrometer set into the cedar-lined lid. https://tobaccouk.com/blogs/journal/cuban-vs-new-world-cigars 2026-09-29T21:10:22+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0830/1501/articles/hero_3.jpg?v=1790697130 Cuban vs New World cigars Two crossed cigars, one with a burgundy band and one with a black band, over an engraved compass rose and a faint chart of the Caribbean. https://tobaccouk.com/blogs/journal/pipe-tobacco-styles-explained 2026-09-29T16:53:05+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0830/1501/articles/hero_4.jpg?v=1790697149 Pipe tobacco styles explained Illustration of an open round tobacco tin packed with flake, its lid propped behind it, a few loose flakes and strands, and a briar pipe with a vulcanite stem and brass band.