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PCA Position Statement and Background on Tax Caps
PCA Position/Strategy The Premium Cigar Association is actively working with state associations, retailers, and...
California Introduces Generational Smoking Ban!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Washington, DC – Feb. 15, 2023] The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) is calling on all...
California Introduces Generational Smoking Ban!
[Washington, DC – Feb. 15, 2023] The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) is calling on all cigar retailers, consumers...
Waco Texas Reverses New Cigar Lounge Ban
[Washington, DC — January 18, 2023] The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) actively supported the Waco Texas City...
Waco Texas Reverses New Cigar Lounge Ban
[Washington, DC — January 18, 2023] The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) actively supported the Waco Texas City...
A Victory on the Field Deserves to Be Remembered… with a Great Cigar
As we approach the college football rivalry game of Alabama v. Tennessee, it is timely to bring up the tradition of...
California Coalition Calls for Defeat of Prop. 31
In August of 2020 the State of California passed SB 793, prohibiting the sale of all flavored tobacco products and the...
California Coalition Calls for Defeat of Prop. 31
In August of 2020 the State of California passed SB 793, prohibiting the sale of all flavored tobacco products and the...
PCA Position Statement on Pipe Tobacco
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) is committed to defending premium cigars and pipe tobacco from legislative and...
Coalition Calls For Defeat of Prop. 31
In August of 2020 the State of California passed SB 793, prohibiting the sale of all flavored tobacco products and the...
Deeming Rule Found Arbitrary & Capricious
Today United States District Court Judge Amit Mehta rendered a ruling, as part of the Premium Cigar Association’s...
Delaware House Committee Advances Premium Cigar Tax Reduction
Dover, Delaware, April 14, 2022 — Yesterday the Delaware House Revenue & Finance Committee voted to...
Premium Cigar Tax Cap Analysis Approved in Wyoming
[Washington, DC, April 12, 2022] On March 10, Wyoming State Representative Chuck Gray as a member of the...
PCA’s 2021 Government Affairs Highlights: No New Taxes
Federal 2021 was a strong year for the Premium Cigar Association’s advocacy efforts and the support of its membership....
North Carolina creates .30 cent tax cap on premium handmade cigars
The Premium Cigar Association commends last night’s signature of North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and the action by...
Tobacco Tax Equity Stripped from the Build Back Better Act
Tobacco Tax Equity has been a top priority by anti-tobacco activists seeking to price informed adult consumers out of...
PCA Hosts Successful International Policy Summit
On October 6, 2021, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) held a virtual International Policy Summit, hosted in...
New Cigar Bar Ordinance Approved
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) extended its appreciation and recognition this week to the members of the Augusta,...
Montgomery County Council Implements Process to Keep Cigar Lounges Open
PCA and the Premium Cigar Retailers Association of Maryland Successful in efforts to safely keep open Montgomery...
Victories and Engagement in 2021
The Premium Cigar Association in Partnership with Retail Tobacconists in the States During the course of the last six...
Victories and Engagement in 2021
The Premium Cigar Association in Partnership with Retail Tobacconists in the States During the course of the last six...
Top 20 Premium Cigar Policy Issues Briefs
Federal Tax – Large Cigar/Small Cigar/Pipe Tobacco Excise Tobacco excise is a significant source of revenue for the...
Tax Increase Defeated in Maine
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) today commended the action by the Maine House of Representatives to defeat the...
Tax Increase Defeated in Maine
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) today commended the action by the Maine House of Representatives to defeat the...