Recent Cigar Association Of America Articles
South Dakota Ends 16-Year Cigar Bar Ban with HB 1215
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
CAA Fights Cigar Tariffs in High-Stakes Federal Hearing
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
Premium Cigar Imports Drop 5% in Early 2026
The Smoke Clears: Premium Cigar Imports Down 5 Percent Through the First Four Months of 2026 The numbers are in, and they tell a story of a market that surged wildly during the pandemic years and is now finding its level. The U.S. market for premium, handmade cigars continues to cool, with import
Premium Cigar Imports Drop 5% Through April 2026
The Smoke Clears: Premium Cigar Imports Slide 5 Percent Through April 2026 For years, the premium handmade cigar industry rode one of the most unlikely growth waves in American consumer goods — a pandemic-era surge that turned walk-in humidors into gold mines and put cigar exports from Nicaragua,
