Understanding the FDA’s Flavor Focus
In mid-November 2018, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued a statement regarding proposed regulatory policy changes on certain flavored electronic...
2017 State of the Industry
Bonnie Herzog, a leading tobacco analyst at Wells Fargo, kicked off Tobacco Plus Expo by predicting a decline in cigarette sales volume of 3.5...
Sweet Smell of Success: Celebrating 200 Years of Toscano Cigars
Toscano’s story begins in the summer of 1815 in Florence, Italy, during a storm. When a bale of tobacco got drenched during a rainstorm...
Florida, the Courts and the New Dynamic in Washington
Those passionate for great cigars, as well as those who make those moments with a cigar possible, know that the state of Florida is...
Hand Rolled: A Film About Cigars Debuts at IPCPR 2018
Hand Rolled: A Film About Cigars, a documentary about the cigar industry made by Jesse Mariut and Steve Gherebean, rounded out the IPCPR’s first...
Instinctual Growth: The Story Behind CannaAid
You hear it all the time when it comes to business: Go with your gut feeling. That’s exactly what Lee VanTine, the founder of...
Quintessentially American: Missouri Meerschaum Co.
Mom. Baseball. Apple pie. These three things have traditionally been viewed as the quintessential essence of the United States. By 1860, the phrase “as...
No Place Like Home: Battleground South Cigar Lounge
Today’s most successful premium cigar retailers offer their customers a lot more than a good selection of cigars at reasonable prices. In an age...
Top Five Tobacco Retailer Concerns in 2021
What are tobacco retailers worried about? We asked and received a wide range of responses. Here’s what’s concerning retailers, listed in order of the...
Sizing Up the Sampling Ban
1. What is a free sample?
The FDA defines a free sample as a tobacco product that does not cost the recipient anything. In other...
