by Premium Cigar Association | Jun 3, 2026 | Feature
What gets you out of bed every morning? Why are you in business? Specifically, what is the purpose of your business? Is it simply to make money? That straightforward notion—simply making money—was actually a provocative idea in 1970 when libertarian economist Milton...
by Premium Cigar Association | Jun 3, 2026 | Feature
We’d all like to have more customers, and as I think about how to achieve that for our own store, it’s not lost on me that I represent one of the fastest growing market segments: women. Long gone are the days when it was shocking to see a woman enjoy a cigar. Women...
by Premium Cigar Association | May 26, 2026 | Feature
Premium Cigar Association (PCA): Tell us about the business. Olga Piña, owner: Our salon opened its doors on October 4, 2025, in the city of Miami, with a very clear vision: to create a space where the premium cigar is appreciated not only as a product, but as a...
by Premium Cigar Association | May 19, 2026 | Feature
When Eric and Mallory Drazin opened Oak Glen Tobacconist in August 2019, they knew California wasn’t an easy place to run a cigar business. High excise taxes, strict licensing rules, anti-tobacco campaigns and limited flexibility for specialty retailers were already...
by Premium Cigar Association | May 19, 2026 | Feature
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) was proud to participate in the 2026 Festival del Puro y el Café in Danlí, Honduras, an extraordinary celebration of craftsmanship, culture, heritage, and community that continues to solidify Honduras’ position as one of the world’s...
by Premium Cigar Association | May 13, 2026 | Feature
Five years, 21 articles, thousands of cigars smoked, and my journey of growing the impact of retailers, through education, is both ending and beginning. It is ending for my tobacconist column in PCA The Magazine. I have not said it all, but I have said enough. It is...
