A Pipemaking Tradition: Peder Jeppesen
More than 40 years ago, there was a revolution going on within the pipe world. At the time, pipe enjoyment was still a popular...
Plasencia Cigars: The Soul of the Tobacco Industry
The Plasencia family has been growing top-quality tobacco for five generations. Today, Plasencia Cigars manufactures more than 35 million handmade cigars each year and...
How to Build an Empire According to Al Micallef
Al Micallef has an innate curiosity for how businesses operate. That curiosity has driven him to invest time and resources in starting and launching...
The Law on Labels
The FDA’s Deeming Regulations are now in full swing, and several deadlines have come and gone since its implementation on August 8, 2016. Currently,...
The Eleventh Commandment: An Interview with Hendrik “Henke” Kelner
It’s a sunny January day in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. The ascent to the top-floor cigar lounge at the restaurant and nightclub The Dome...
Tobacco Business Announces 2019 Cigar of the Year Nominees
Tobacco Business Magazine, a publication of Tobacco Media Group (TMG), is excited to announce the 2019 nominees for Cigar of the Year. As part...
Ohserase Manufacturing: New Beginnings
For more than 400 years, tobacco has played a key role in the Iroquois and Mohawk Native American cultures. In the past, tobacco served...
Take Us to Church: A Look At Austin’s Smokers Abbey
Ian and Rebecca Harvey love the way that the act of smoking a cigar or pipe forces you to slow down and connect with...
The Ins and Outs of Tobacco Inventory Management
Almost every retailer who has been in the premium cigar industry for any length of time can share the same story: You bring in...
Marketing Within the Digital Divide
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into the fall, tobacco businesses are still having to adjust to having few in-person events, stay-at-home orders and consumers...
