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2024 Federal Premium Cigar Advocacy/Political Outlook
The New Year represents new challenges and opportunities for the premium cigar industry and the Premium Cigar...
2023 Premium Cigar Association Year in Review
This past year was another terrific year in which we were able to utilize the momentum of the tremendous 2022 to...
PCA Funds Lobbying and Advocacy Initiatives in the States
Since announcing the state grant program in late 2023, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has accepted three grant...
PCA Launches State Advocacy Grant Program
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) is announcing a new state advocacy grant program aimed at investing in State...
The Enemy Within
The premium cigar industry is winning. Let me repeat that: The premium cigar industry is WINNING! The FDA Deeming Rule...
PCA Tells OMB to Remit Characterizing Flavor Rule Back to FDA
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) testified before the White House Office of Management and Budget’s Office of...
PCA Comments on FDA’s “Tobacco Products Manufacturing Practice” Proposed Rule
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has filed an official comment regarding the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s...
PCA Opposes United Kingdom’s Proposed Generational Smoking Ban
Washington, D.C., 10-4-2023 — Today, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) went on record opposing the United...
PCA Endorses Wisconsin Cigar Bar Legislation
This week, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) endorsed new legislation that would allow cigar bars in Wisconsin for...
SBA Comments on Center for Tobacco Products’s Proposed Rule
For too long, the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has been allowed to step on the toes of its regulatory peers to...
Nothing Fair about The Tobacco Tax Equity Act
In September 2023, Congress introduced the CARE For Moms Act, a piece of legislation aimed at enhancing healthcare...
16 Premium Cigar Studies Reviewed
[1] Patterns Of Premium And Nonpremium Cigar Use In The United States: Findings From Wave 6 (2021) Of The Population...
How many Ph.D.s does it take to Google Cigar Festivals?
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently published a study titled “Premium Cigar Festivals: A Potential Target...
PCA Presents to CTP on Centers Strategic Plan
[August 22, 2023 – Washington, DC] The Premium Cigar Association (PCA), represented by Deputy Executive Director/Head...
PCA Leadership: Thank you for Supporting Victory Against the FDA
Last week we have achieved something that many thought we never could: VICTORY over the deeming rule and the FDA’s...
FDA Ombudsman Asked to Review Regulatory Actions Against Premium Cigars
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has filed a formal request for a meeting with the Ombudsman of the U.S. Food and...
PCA Appeals to the White House on UPS and Teamsters Negotiations
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has joined over 200 organizations in signing a letter to the White House that...
Governor of Nevada Has Tax Cap Signing Ceremony in Las Vegas Cigar Shop
While community tobacconists from across the nation were conducting business during the Premium Cigar Association...
The Illusion of Progress at the Center for Tobacco Products
Dr. Brian King, the Director of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), recently shared CTPs perspective on their...
SB 905 Passes in ConnecticutSB 905 Allowing Cigar Bars in the State
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) celebrates the passage and signing of SB 905 in...
Governor of Nevada Signs Premium Cigar Tax Cap
Today, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA), in partnership with its member tobacconists of Nevada, is pleased to...
Fratello Donates $3,000 to PCA to Support Retailers in State Advocacy
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) announced today that Omar de Frias, President and Founder of Fratello Cigars, has...
The Importance of Respecting Trademark and Trade Dress in the Premium Cigar Industry
In a recent decision by the Supreme Court, they firmly rejected the unauthorized use of trademarks by a manufacturer...
Louisiana Governor Signs H.B. 111
Today, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) announced that Louisiana Governor John Bell Edwards signed legislation...