Acing Age Verification
The increase in youth usage of electronic nicotine-delivery systems (ENDS) coupled with efforts by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to combat that...
Tobacco Business Awards 2019: A Look at The Winners
TOBACCO CHAIN OR FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR: CASA DE MONTECRISTO
Tabacalera USA has transformed the branded cigar lounge concept with Casa de Montecristo. Featuring a...
Minding Her Business: Drunk Chicken Cigars
Desiree Sylver is a busy woman. As she’s answering the many questions for this interview, she’s also completing many of the day’s tasks that...
Winning in a New Tobacco World
What does it take to be a successful tobacco retailer in today’s world? That was a question posed to some of the industry’s top...
Passion of the Fox
If there’s one word that comes up often when speaking to tobacconist Mitchell Fox, it’s the word “passion,” something he has a lot of...
Milestones: Miami Cigar’s Nestor Miranda
While the actual date of his 75th birthday was Feb. 14, 2018, Nestor Miranda and the company he founded with his wife Mariana are...
2020 Tobacco Retail Survey
If you are a retailer and seller of tobacco products, please take this brief survey about your retail business. Results from this survey will...
Rocky’s World: A Look at the Business of Rocky Patel
Rocky Patel is a man on a mission: He wants to make cigar smoking exciting for a new generation. As a longtime brand owner...
NATO’s 2018 Legislative Outlook
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deeming regulations perennially top retailers’ list of concerns, yet the threat of local ordinances is probably the biggest...
This Pipe Life
Pipe smoking may seem like a leisure activity enjoyed by generations gone by, but social media and the Internet are giving it new life...
