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PCA Responds To FDA Proposed Flavored Cigar Product Standards Rule

April 29, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Yesterday, the Food & Drug Administration and the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) announced their “Tobacco Product Standard for Characterizing Flavors in Cigars” proposed rule, which would prohibit characterizing flavoring... Read more

PCA Launches International Diplomatic Premium Cigar Policy Roundtable in London

April 27, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Under the theme “Education and Private-Public sector collaboration: Essential to protect, nurture and develop the artisanal premium cigar industry”, the Premium Cigar Association launched a few weeks ago in London... Read more

J.C. Newman Ships Another Batch of Yagua to Retailers

April 27, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Today, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. began shipping 1,250 boxes of its acclaimed Yagua cigars to premium cigar retailers in the United States. This is the first release of Yagua in... Read more

Casa Cuevas Now Available in Canada

April 27, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Casa Cuevas Cigarsannounces that the Casa Cuevas line of cigars is now available to the Canadianpublic, viaCanadian Craft Cigarsowned by cigar enthusiastBarry HannahandKent Plosz.Canadian Craft Cigars specializes in distributing boutique... Read more

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Hollywood Comes To The Show With Mike G!

April 25, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
This week on The Smokin Tabacco Show, Nicole is away in the U.K. and Jon is on baby duty so Matt welcomes on Mike G of Mike G Stick and... Read more

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Pairing Toscano Cigars With Michael Cappellini!

April 19, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
On this episode we welcome back Michael Cappellini of Toscano cigars to the show to host a virtual pairing episode with all of us. The first pairing is a Toscano... Read more

How The Cigar Rights of America Continues To Fail To Impress

April 12, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Some of you may have heard about the meme that was posted on the Cigar Rights of America Facebook page yesterday, maybe you even saw it. While it... Read more

The Spare Notes Series #17: No “Candy Coating” Coop Taking Shots From The Audience

April 10, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
This week on Spare Notes, Matt and Coop discuss the new PCA letter that was released titled “Let’s Not Candy Coat The Situation” further enforcing their stance on some of... Read more

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Hector Alfonso Talks Knuckle Sandwich and Espinosa!

April 8, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
After losing our original feed, we’re back! This week on the Smokin Tabacco Show, Matt and Jon are joined by Hector Alfonso of Espinosa cigars who starts by giving us... Read more

Delayed Prometheus Opus 6 & The OpusX Story From November 2021 Now Shipping

April 6, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
The November 2021 release of the Prometheus/Fuente Aged Selection Opus 6 and The OpusX Story travel humidor – OpusX Sampler sets are now shipping after being delayed. These beautiful numbered... Read more