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Going All In: All Saints Cigars
Micky Pegg’s first real interaction with cigars occurred when he worked part time on Capitol Hill while attending college. It was the spring of...
Primary Colors: Southern Draw Cigars
Robert and Sharon Holt come from a family full of entrepreneurs who have built their own service-oriented businesses, so launching their own premium cigar...
The ABCs of FDA Tobacco Product Review Applications
In 2009, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act authorized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and...
Burning Man: Wildfire Cigar Company’s Jeremy McDonald
He’s crazy. That’s what some may say when speaking of Jeremy McDonald, who in 2021 decided to launch his own cigar brand. For McDonald,...
Sustainable Appeal: A Greener Look at Plasencia Cigars
Jose Luis Plasencia’s career in the tobacco industry officially began in 2015. He recalls graduating on a Saturday and by that next Monday he...
Rite of Passage: La Barba Cigars’ Tony Bellatto
Making the leap from being a casual consumer of tobacco products to becoming a full-on manufacturer of your own brand is not easy. The challenges...
3 Tips for Going International
Want to make your tobacco brand and products a sensation across the globe? Vlada Stojanov, Casdagli Cigars’ U.S. brand ambassador, offers these three tips...
Davidoff’s Finest: A Look at Davidoff’s Appointed Merchants Program
Brick-and-mortar retailers are the backbone of the premium cigar industry, and for manufacturers like Davidoff, they are the company’s ambassadors and a connection to...
Living the Dream: Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood’s Gary and Barbara Kolesaire
Most about-to-be-married couples busy themselves debating which caterer to use or where to go on their honeymoon. Not Gary and Barbara Kolesaire, who decided...
