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The Premium Cigar Association Is Planting Its Flag in Hong Kong — and the Industry Is Paying Attention For decades, the center of gravity in the premium cigar world has been fixed somewhere between the tobacco fields of Nicaragua, the auction floors of Geneva, and the trade show floors of Las Vega

South Dakota Opens the Humidor: How HB 1215 Ended a 16-Year Freeze on Cigar Bars — and Why Washington Is Taking Notice In the world of premium cigars, the wins are rarely loud. They don't happen on national stages or in sweeping federal legislation. They happen in state capitals — in committee roo

Is a Vintage Watch Worth It? Here's the Truth Let me be straight with you. A few years back, I walked into a watch dealer on a quiet Saturday with a rough idea of what I wanted and about two thousand dollars burning a hole in my pocket. I walked out forty-five minutes later with a 1960s Omega Seam

The CAA Goes to Washington: Scott Pearce Makes the Case Against Cigar Tariffs Before Federal Trade Officials When Scott Pearce walked into the hearing room to face the Section 301 Committee, he carried with him the weight of an entire American industry — one measured not just in billions of dollar

The Cigar Industry Takes the Fight to Federal Court — Again The premium cigar world has never been a passive participant in its own regulation. For the better part of a decade, some of the most recognizable names in the business have spent enormous resources battling the federal government over wh

The Premium Cigar Market Is Booming — And the Numbers Prove It There is a moment in every serious cigar aficionado's evening when the world slows down: the careful selection of a stick, the deliberate cut, the ritual lighting. What was once considered a pastime belonging exclusively to boardrooms

Pricey Full Bodied Cigars For Special Occasions Image credit: Flux.1 There are cigars you smoke on a Tuesday evening just to unwind, and then there

Steel vs. Titanium Dive Watches: What Actually Matters? You've probably been there. You're standing at a watch counter, or deep in a rabbit hole online at midnight, and you're staring down two dive watches that are nearly identical on paper — same water resistance rating, same movement, same basic

The FDA Just Moved to Regulate Tobacco Factories Abroad — And the Entire Industry Is Paying Attention For decades, anyone who wanted to understand the regulatory imbalance baked into American tobacco law needed only to look at a single, stubborn fact: a cigar factory in North Carolina had to regis

Wyoming Wins: How Cheyenne Stole the Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival From Colorado — And Why It Matters After 17 years in Colorado, one of the West's most celebrated premium tobacco gatherings is pulling up stakes and heading north. The Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival is leaving Colorado after 16 year