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Micallef Red Announced
Micallef Cigars has announced its next release, the Micallef Red, part of the company’s Color Series. Micallef Red will be available in a 6 x 52 Toro and 5 x 52 Robusto size and...
E.P. Carrillo Teams up with Plasencia for E.P. Carrillo Honduras
E.P. Carrillo is gearing up to release the next cigar in its Essence Cigars, the E.P. Carrillo Honduras. The third blend in this series after the previously released Sumatra and...
Drunk Chicken Cigars Introduces New Anniversary Packaging
Drunk Chicken Cigars has released its black and gold anniversary cigar boxes to commemorate its fifth-year anniversary. These new elegant black boxes serve as a testament to...
Ceniza Fina Cigars Adds New Robusto Gordo Vitola to Line
Ceniza Fina Cigars has added a new vitola to its cigar line–a box-pressed robusto gordo. This new size of Ceniza Fina is available now to retailers in the U.S. through Pospiech...
Tatuaje Shipping Monster Smash Sampler to Retailers in September
For 2024, Tatuaje Cigars will once again be resurrecting its Monster line with a brand new sampler. The company has announced the upcoming release of Monster Smash, a 14-cigar...
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 for implementing T-21, including requirements for age...
Toscano and PCA Announce Toscano Brenta PCA Exclusive
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has partnered with Manifatture Sigaro Toscano (Toscano cigars) to bring its members a new PCA release, the Toscano Brenta. The Toscano Brenta...
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 considered by the New Zealand Parliament in an effort to revise...
Procigar 2025 Dates Revealed
As a retailer in the premium cigar industry, you understand the value of visiting a cigar factory or field in person to see how the products you sell are made. The annual...
Another PCA Member Gets the Call to Public Service
Over the last decade, the premium cigar and pipe industry’s engagement in legislative affairs has risen exponentially. Giving testimony at hearings, engaging with elected...
The PCA Goes to Spain
Between July 23 and 26, 2024, Joshua Habursky, the Premium Cigar Association’s (PCA) Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, visited Spain in partnership with The Cigar...
Rep. Meuser Hosts Cigar Policy Roundtable
Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09), Co-Chairman of the Congressional Cigar Caucus, hosted a Cigar Policy Roundtable to provide Members of Congress insight on how proposed policies...
Los Statos Deluxe Adds Connecticut Shade to Lineup
Scandinavian Tobacco Group is expanding its Los Statos Deluxe line with a new Connecticut Shade cigar. The Los Statos Deluxe Connecticut is the third cigar in the revamped Los...
La Gloria Cubana Limited Edition Gran Legado Ships
La Gloria Cubana next release is crafted exclusively by a select group of La Gloria Cubana’s most experienced rollers and bunchers at the El Credito Cigar Factory in Santiago,...
Punch Cigars Adds Lancero to Golden Era Line
Punch Cigars is adding a 7 x 38 Lancero to its Golden Era line. Like other cigars within the Golden Era line, this new Lancero features the same Corojo-heavy blend as previous...
Black Star Line Cigars: Blending Cigars, Culture and History
Aric Bey never considered becoming a firefighter. Despite his uncle serving in the Chicago Fire Department, and his father encouraging him to apply, Bey had other plans: “I was a...
Tobacconists Look Ahead to 2024
Are brick & mortar shops planning big changes? We phoned up tobacco retailers around the country—businesses on the current PCA membership list (some old, some new)—and asked...
PCA Hires new Program Manager: Meet Maria Cervantes
PCA has hired Maria Cervantes as program manager. Maria will oversee the fulfillment of larger organizational goals for the association and coordinate projects that involve...
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 propel our organization and the industry to a whole new level. As...
Not So Fast, Mister Pipe Doubter!
Writing a pipe column in a mostly cigar-centered magazine can be a little isolating. Seldom do I receive feedback from readers, positive or otherwise. I have occasionally...
Five Questions: Greg Zimmerman, President Emeritus, PCA
Now that your term as president of PCA is over and you begin your transition off the PCA board, what are your most proud accomplishments?Fortunately, I still have a two-year term...
United Cigar Group: Quality, growth, love of the leaf—all together
Compressing this story into its allotted space presents a daunting challenge. When you begin to unravel the many threads that constitute United Cigar Group, you find the makings...
The Artisans of Tabacalera El Artista
Tabacalera El Artista opened its doors in 1956. While the factory’s primary operations are based in Tamboril, Dominican Republic, it also has warehouses and other factories in...
Sinistro Cigars
Not everyone enters the cigar business via the same path. Some are born into storied cigar-making families. Others work their way in by starting as cigar store owners or...