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A Film (and Call to Arms) About Cigars By Larry Wagner We are an industry under siege. We all know it. Federal and local taxes inflate the cost
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TMA has acquired the assets of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA-based SpecComm International, which includes the publications Tobacconist, Tobacco Reporter, Vapor Voice, Tobacco Farm Quarterly, Pipes & Tobaccos and Cigars &
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Breaking Boundaries with CAO’s Rick Rodriguez By Frank Seltzer It was coincidence when I first met Rick Rodriguez in 2007. He was a hard charging salesman who was
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The International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) has announced the hiring of David Jessup as its new regional lobbyist. Jessup brings government affairs experience to the position,
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Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced legislation that would protect the premium cigar industry from ongoing federal regulations that pose an existential threat. Known as The Traditional Cigar Manufacturing
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Drew Newman, General counsel and fourth-generation cigar maker, J.C. Newman Cigar Company By Greg Girard You represent the fourth generation of your family’s cigar company. What’s it like
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