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Emerson’s Cigars’ 50th

Sometimes the road to success can be circuitous. In 2002, Scott Regina was working in retail while living in Northern...

Renegade Merchandising 

Merchandising your humidor effectively is one of the most underrated ways to influence customer experience, maximize...

A Capital Chance: Lincoln, Nebraska’s Capital Cigar Lounge

In business, luck isn’t random. It’s engineered. As Louis Pasteur said, “Chance favors only the prepared mind.”...

5 Aesthetic Upgrades to Your Store that will Keep Customers Coming Back 

The smell of cedar when you walk into the humidor. The lighting adjusted on dimmers to reflect the time of day and...

How to Achieve Excellence in Customer Service

Excellent customer service in today’s competitive environment is characterized in many ways. After interviewing,...

Your Walk-in Humidor

Premium cigars are typically not an impulse buy. Whether your customer is a connoisseur or a new cigar smoker, all of...

The Blend Review: HVC Edición Especial 2015 10th Year Anniversary Especiales

HVC Edición Especial 2015 10th Year Anniversary Size: Especiales (6 ½ x 48) Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés Binder:...

Cigar Lounge or Tobacconist: The Difference Pipes Can Make

“It reminds of my grandfather” is something we often hear as newcomers to Georgetown Tobacco walk through our doors....

The Blend Review: Tabanero Momentum Robusto

Tabanero Momentum Size: Robusto (5 x 50) Wrapper: Mexico (San Andrés) Binder: Ecuador Filler: Nicaragua Produced at...

PCA and We Card Team Up for Free Training Course

As part of its ongoing focus on education, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has teamed up with the We Card Program,...

New Certain Tobacco Age-of-Sale Requirements Go Into Effect

September 30, 2024, marks the beginning of new certain tobacco age-of-sale requirements. As of this date, retailers...

FDA Issues Final Rule for Tobacco 21

At long last, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has released its Final Rule...

PCA Objects to New Zealand’s Smokefree Environments Bill

[Mon, August 22, 2022 — Washington, DC] Today, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) submitted evidence to be...

Court Blocks FDA Product Approval Requirements for Premium Cigars

In the case of Cigar Association of America, the Premium Cigar Association, and Cigar Rights of America v. United...

Rep. Meuser Hosts Cigar Policy Roundtable

Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09), Co-Chairman of the Congressional Cigar Caucus, hosted a Cigar Policy Roundtable to...

US Court of Appeals Unanimously Strikes Down Warning Labels

Washington, DC, July 7, 2020 —The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and Cigar Rights of...

Supreme Court Decision Checks Potential FDA Overreach

The recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Chevron deference has sent shockwaves through the regulatory world, with...

Generational Bans: A Prohibition That’s Bigger Than Tobacco

First, it was New Zealand, saying, “Hey, let’s ban access to a perfectly legal product, in a manner that if you’re...

Continuing the Legacy of the Premium Cigar Association

For 91 years, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has consistently spearheaded the industry’s growth and well-being....

How Bad Ideas Spread: Minneapolis, Minnesota Sets A Bad Precedent

Over the course of the last week, it has taken a moment to digest yet another bad national precedent by the...

PCA, CRA, and Manufacturers Challenge California’s UTL in Federal Court to Protect the Premium Cigar Industry

Today, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA), Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, Inc., Oliva Cigar Co., Piloto Cigars, Inc.,...

PCA Tariff Bulletin

The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) understands the uncertainty regarding the potential impacts that increased tariffs...

PCA and CAA Commission Study on Tax Cap Policies

Today, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and Cigar Association of America (CAA) announced that they are...

PCA Applauds FDA’s Withdrawl of Flavored Cigar Ban

The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) commends the recent decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to withdraw...

Global Trade Alert

[Update – October 3, 2024] Joint Statement Regarding Master Contract: “The International Longshoremen’s Association...

New Certain Tobacco Age-of-Sale Requirements Go Into Effect

September 30, 2024, marks the beginning of new certain tobacco age-of-sale requirements. As of this date, retailers...

Court Blocks FDA Product Approval Requirements for Premium Cigars

In the case of Cigar Association of America, the Premium Cigar Association, and Cigar Rights of America v. United...

US Court of Appeals Unanimously Strikes Down Warning Labels

Washington, DC, July 7, 2020 —The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and Cigar Rights of...

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 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...
Rocky’s Cigars

Rocky’s Cigars

Located in central New York State, the city of Syracuse is home to several cultural touchstones, among them Syracuse University and its renowned Orange athletic teams, the I.M....

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