Coop gives his perspectives on some of the things he saw at The Great Smoke 2025 and what makes the event so unique.
The Great Smoke 2025 Post-Game Report | Feature Story
Knuckle Sandwich Teaming Up with Smoke Inn and Cigar Dojo | Cigar News
Guy Fieri’s Knuckle Sandwich Cigars teaming up with Smoke Inn for a couple of exclusive cigar projects – one in conjunction with Cigar Dojo.
The 2024 TGS Pre Game Show
On this show we preview the 2024 TGS (The Great Smoke) event as Abe Dababneh joins Ben and Coop.
Undercrown 10 Ming to Be Released as TGS 2024 Exclusive | Cigar News
Smoke Inn has announced its third exclusive offering for The Great Smoke (TGS) Celebration, the Undercrown 10 Ming. The Undercrown 10 Ming consists of a Mexican San Andres wrapper over a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper and a combination of Nicaraguan and Pennsylvania tobaccos in the filler. The cigar comes in one size – a 5 1/4 […]
Cigar Review: Montecristo Nicaragua Series – The Great Smoke (TGS) 2023 Exclusive
If you follow Cigar Coop, you have probably noticed we have greatly reduced coverage of single-store and event-only cigar releases. While I understand the importance of these releases in terms of manufacturer and retailer relationships, the interest levels simply have not been there with our audience. There still are some attractive candidates to cover, and […]
Prime Time Special Edition 138: Alex Tavella, Smoke Inn/KMA Talk Radio
The 2023 edition of the The Great Smoke (TGS) is in the annuls of history. Tonight we welcome one of the key members of the team at Smoke Inn that puts on that event, the GOAT – Alex Tavella. Alex will join the whole coalition team as we will talk TGS and some industry talk. […]
The Blog: KMA Talk Radio Episode 490: Countdown to the Big Show
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 490 which aired on March 11, 2023. On this […]
Prime Time Episode 258: Abe Dababneh
Abe’s been on a “book tour” promoting The Great Smoke (TGS). As we approach the date, we’ve heard the interviews and now is the chance for us to come from a unique perspective. Yes, we will get you the skinny on everything with TGS 2023, but we’ll also peel the onion more as well as […]
The Blog: KMA Talk Radio Episode 488: The Great Smoke Interviews (2022)
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 488 which aired on February 25, 2023. I was […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition 138: Alex Tavella, Smoke Inn/KMA Talk Radio
The 2023 edition of the The Great Smoke (TGS) is in the annals of history. Tonight we welcome one of the key members of the team of Smoke Inn who put on that event, the GOAT – Alex Tavella. Alex will join the whole coalition team as we will talk TGS and some industry talk. […]
