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...
Vapor Under Fire
A scant six months ago, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb seemed relatively sanguine, if not downright enthusiastic, about vapor products....
Cura: Competing in Cannabis
Now one of the biggest cannabis brands in America, Cura Cannabis began humbly and with what many would call “altruistic intentions.” Cameron Forni was...
Mission: Objective – Using Data-Driven Insights to Build Brand Awareness
In 2013, Kevin Newman met Ram Rodriguez, a man who was part of a family that helped make premium cigars for different companies within...
Danish Collaboration: The Birth of 4th Generation Pipes
Since 1882, when Erik Peter Stokkebye first opened a tobacco factory and shop in Odense, Denmark, the Stokkebye family has enjoyed a long association...
The Making of an Aficionado: An Interview with Randolph Churchill
At an event at a Davidoff of Geneva flagship store and lounge in Atlanta in November 2018, Randolph Churchill and Duncan Sandys,...
Keeper of the Flame: Straus Tobacconist’s Jim Clark
On Oct. 10, 2018, the Montgomery Inn Boathouse in Cincinnati, Ohio, hosted a very special event that honored Jim Clark, owner of...
Tobacco Business Awards 2019 Winners Revealed
Tobacco Business Magazine held its second annual Tobacco Business Awards at an exclusive invite-only ceremony held in Las Vegas on Feb. 11, 2019. This...
Regulatory Costs & Consequences: Economic Impact of Premium Cigar Regulation
A new report issued by Mangum Economics updates the out-of-date economic analysis of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of premium handmade...
Man of the People: C.L.E. Cigars’ Christian Eiroa
Before he was 9 years old, Christian Eiroa recalls spending time on Honduran tobacco farms just for fun. Eiroa’s friends were the children of...
