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ADVentura Cigars Announces Limited Release of La Llorona Toro
ADVentura Cigars has announced the limited release of La Llorona in a new 6 x 54 Toro format, crafted exclusively for the company’s Elite Accounts. The 2025 edition continues the...
Plasencia Cigars Announces Two New Releases for 2025–2026
Plasencia Cigars has unveiled two major releases, each reflecting the company’s longstanding tradition of craftsmanship and innovation: El Año del Caballo, a 2026 Chinese New...
J.C. Newman and LeRoy Neiman Foundation Release 2025 Collector’s Edition Cigar
J.C. Newman Cigar Co. has begun shipping the LeRoy Neiman 2025 Collector’s Edition, the third annual collaboration between the Tampa-based cigar maker and the LeRoy Neiman and...
JM Tobacco to Exhibit at Inaugural World Cigar Show Dubai
JM Tobacco, Inc., the family-owned company behind the Española and JM’s Dominican cigar lines, has announced its participation in the first-ever World Cigar Show, taking...
Casa Carrillo Unveils 2025 TAA Exclusive Toro
Casa Carrillo has announced its latest limited release for members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA)— the Casa Carrillo 2025 TAA Exclusive. The annual TAA...
Crowned Heads Revives Belgian Blue for 2025 Limited Edition Release
Crowned Heads has announced the return of one of its most sought-after blends with the Belgian Blue Limited Edition 2025 — a new 5 ½ x 56 box-pressed format that builds on the...
Black Works Studio Unveils The Five Temples – Seven Star Fist of Shaolin
Black Works Studio (BLK WKS) has announced the release of The Five Temples – Seven Star Fist of Shaolin, a new limited-edition collection handmade at Fabrica Oveja Negra in...
PCA and The Leaf Master Dubai Announce Exclusive Social Events During the World Cigar Show
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) is pleased to announce a trio of exclusive social gatherings to be held during the 2025 World Cigar Show in Dubai. Organized and...
Record-Breaking Opus Xodus Experience Raises Over $500,000 for Charity
The Tobacconist of Greenwich, in partnership with Arturo Fuente and Carlito Fuente Jr., hosted the third annual Opus Xodus Experience on October 8 at Tamarack Country Club in...
Cohiba Expands Weller Collaboration with New Cigar and Matching Accessories
Cohiba has announced the release of Weller by Cohiba 2025, the fifth expression in its ongoing collaboration with Weller Bourbon. The limited-edition cigar features a USA...
Diesel Revives Its Sideshow Sampler for 2025
Diesel Cigars is bringing back one of its most popular annual limited editions with the return of the Diesel Sideshow Sampler. This year’s collection once again pairs Diesel’s...
Two Guys Cigars Marks 40 Years with Exclusive Atabey Collector’s Humidors
Two Guys Cigars is continuing its 40th anniversary celebration with two limited-edition releases from Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco: the Atabey Delirios Two Guys 40th...
Cavalier Genève Cigars Announces Project Broadleaf Wayfinders
Cavalier Genève Cigars has announced the release of its third Project Broadleaf iteration, titled Project Broadleaf Wayfinders. The new release, debuting this week, will be...
Lure Cigars Launches New Maduro Core Line
Lure Cigars has introduced its fourth core line, the Maduro Series, expanding its portfolio with two new Nicaraguan puros: The Brown-E-Trout (6 x 54 Toro) and The Lil’ Trout (5 x...
Plasencia Cigars Introduces New “Short Smokes” Collection
Plasencia Cigars has announced the release of two new vitolas that join its celebrated portfolio under the banner of the Short Smokes Collection: the Plasencia Reserva Original...
Premium Cigar Association Announces the 2025 Best of the Leaf Awards Winners
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) announces the winners of the second annual Best of the Leaf Awards. The PCA Best of the Leaf Awards was created to showcase the premium retail...
PCA25: Note from the President
Welcome to the Premium Cigar Association’s 2025 Trade Show! We are thrilled to be hosting premium tobacco’s premier annual show at the New Orleans Convention Center this year. As...
PCA25: Welcome to New Orleans
I want to welcome all our members from around the world to the Premium Cigar Association 2025 Trade Show (PCA25), where history and tradition are at the forefront of the new age...
Cuban Creations: The French Quarter’s Cigar Bar
Pleasure seekers descending on New Orleans all know before they arrive that a visit to the French Quarter is an indispensable excursion. The bustling, historic 6x14-block...
Where to Smoke: New Orleans
The biggest event of the year for the premium tobacco industry is returning to New Orleans for the first time in over a decade! Be sure to visit our PCA members located in New...
Taking it Easy in The Big Easy
New Orleans is one of the most unique cities in the United States. Throughout its history the city, or the area around it, has been home to Native American tribes, Spanish...
PCA Member Update: Addressing U.S. Tariff Measures
On April 2, 2025, the White House introduced a sweeping trade policy shift, set to impact the premium cigar industry among others. Starting April 5, 2025, at 12:01 a.m. EDT, a...
Habana Port: Smoking in The Big Easy
In the late 19th century, shortly after New Orleans’ Mardi Gras celebration began to take on its carnival-like spirit, New Orleans was known around the world as the cigar...
Premium Cigar Association Releases New Digital Editions of Publications
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has announced the availability of new digital editions of its publications PCA The Magazine, PCA Attendee Guide, and PCA The Almanac. These...