Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s announcement of a proposed ban on flavored cigars, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) issued the following statement: [themify_box]On March 10th the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) was the first stakeholder group to meet with the Office of Management & Budget, Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs, and Food […]
Hey everyone, Here is our edited version of our live review Roundtable No. 5 of the Eiroa PCA Exclusive 11/18 from the Smoking Syndicate Facebook page now available on The Smoking Syndicate YouTube channel. Enjoy! Tonight the Cigar Coop Coalition gets together and smokes the EIROA PCA Exclusive 11/18. Much like the Tobacconists Association […]
Two months ago, the Premium Cigar Association raised the issue of “Responsible Marketing” stating that “marketing that makes use of characters, foods, or candy associated with children’s interests are never appropriate, even when targeted toward an adult audience.” Today Glynn Loope and Joshua Habursky of the Premium Cigar Association penned an article entitled “Let’s Not […]
El Politico, a cigar originally created as a personal cigar for Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Deputy Director Joshua Habursky, will now be available more widely. On a livestream hosted by the PCA, it was announced that El Politico will now be offered through Luxury Cigar Club, and beginning April 1st, the PCA Product Hub. Habursky […]
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (“NASEM”) Committee on Patterns of Use and Health Effects of “Premium Cigars” and Priority Research released their highly anticipated report examining premium cigars. Following the release of, Premium Cigars: Patterns of Use, Marketing, and Health Effects, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) issued a statement in regards to […]
On Episode 221 Jay Davis, owner of Blue Smoke of Dallas and member of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) board joins us as our special guest. We’ll talk about Jay’s journey in the cigar business as well some timely industry topics. We will also have our Cattle Baron Steak Question, Alec Bradley Live True segment, […]
The Premium Cigar Association is getting ready to roll out a major new strategic initiative called Vision 50. In order to better support this initiative, the PCA has announced role changes for two key members of its Executive Team. First up, Joshua Habursky has been promoted to Deputy Executive Director of the PCA. Habursky will […]
For the past few years, the premium cigar industry has certainly seen its share of creative branding – with some of it being on the controversial side. Today the Premium Cigars Association (PCA) issued a statement calling for “Responsible Marketing” of premium tobacco products. The statement emphasizes that, “marketing that makes use of characters, foods, […]
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) announced today a new mission statement as well as an expansion of its Board of Directors from 15 to 19. The four new seats will be made available to associate members, expanding the number of associate members on the board from one to tive. Associate members include members from the […]
This past week, State of North Carolina passed an Appropriations Bill which was signed into law by Governor Roy Cooper. In part of the bill, there is language that creates a 30 cent tax cap on the sale of premium cigars. The Premium Cigar Association and North Carolina Premium Cigar Association wasted no time in […]
