Dark Leaf Backwoods - 5 Pack

Listed as a 5 pack, Dark Leaf is a style of Backwoods tobacco cigars, and US trademark records show its name registered in December 2021.

Trademark dates for BACKWOODS DARK LEAF

According to US trademark records on Justia, BACKWOODS DARK LEAF was filed on May 21, 2020 and registered on December 21, 2021, under registration number 6598668, for cigarillos and cigars. The record gives August 1, 2020 as the date of first use in commerce.

What California’s list shows for Dark Leaf

California’s Unflavored Tobacco List added Backwoods Dark Leaf Cigars on December 31, 2025, recording them as 5-count pouches in 8-pack cartons. The entry rests on the maker’s certification that Dark Leaf has no constituent giving it a characterizing flavour. California’s Department of Justice issues the list, built on certifications that manufacturers and importers make under penalty of perjury.

A 2025 research letter in Tobacco Control reported that California’s flavoured tobacco restrictions came into effect in December 2022, and that the Backwoods website started showing seven products under the name California Range in spring 2023, while grouping the Original and Craft cigars as the National Range.

The Backwoods look, and Dark Leaf next to fronto

The Backwoods shape, which ITG Brands calls a roll-your-own style, runs from an unfinished head, down a tapering body, to a frayed end.

A common use, as our Fronto vs Backwoods guide explains, is to unroll a Backwoods, bin the tobacco filler and roll cannabis inside the leaf instead, which our step-by-step blunt guide walks through. Compared with fronto (grabba), a loose whole tobacco leaf that you cut yourself, the guide finds a Backwoods quicker to use, since its leaf is already complete and rollable, though that leaf allows less flexibility in size and thickness.