Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form, where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 497, which aired on May 27, 2023. Catch the […]
Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form, where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 496, which aired on May 20, 2023. This featured […]
Luciano Cigars now has a global Lounge Sponsorship Program. Under the program, Luciano Cigars will collaborate with well-established retailers to brand lounges across not just the U.S. but on a worldwide basis. The lounges will be branded “Dreamer VIP” lounges, named after one of Luciano’s foundational core lines, Luciano the Dreamer. The company has already […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent its proposed rules that would ban flavored cigars to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. Also going to the OMB is the proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. The proposed rules will now be reviewed by the OMB’s Office of Information and […]
In 2022, the launch of West Tampa Tobacco Co. caught the attention of many people. The company was started by Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez, both formerly of General Cigar Company. Rodriguez had spent the better part of the last decade as the blender and brand ambassador for CAO Cigars. Shortly after a (very) brief […]
Daniel Marshall’s 8th annual Kitzbuhel Campfire Event is set to take place Saturday, January 20, 2024, at the Kitzbuhel Country Club, Austria on the Daniel Marshall Cigar Lounge & Terrace. Once again, the event will coincide with the famed Hahnenkamm-Rennen Ski competition. The event has not only attracted competitors from the ski competition but also […]
The first installment of Hand Rolled’s new docuseries Hand Rolled, “Hand Rolled: J.C Newman Cigar Co.” is now available on YouTube. This tells the story of the J.C. Newman Cigar Company. At PCA 2023, attendees were able to view a preproduction version of Hand Rolled: J.C. Newman Cigar Company. The film was written and directed […]
Today, we take a look at the second cigar in the Meerapfel Master Series, the Meerapfel Meir. The Meerapfel family has over 150 years of experience in various aspects of the tobacco business. The family is best known for being tobacco brokers, particularly for brokering tobacco out of Cameroon, Africa. In addition, the Meerapfels work […]
United Kingdom (U.K.) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is proposing a generational smoking ban. Under the proposed law, anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, would be prohibited from buying tobacco products. Currently, the legal age to purchase tobacco products in the U.K. is age 18, but under the proposed law, those who reach age […]
Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form, where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 495, which aired on April 29, 2023. Boston Jimmie […]
