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Arturo Fuente’s FuenteFuente OpusX 20th Anniversary Believe Honored with Robb Report Monaco and Cote D’Azur’s Best of the Best Cigar of the Year Award WASHINGTON D.C. – July 18, 2025…
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Last month, Cigar Rights of America joined industry leaders Jorge Padrón of Padrón Cigars and Cory Bappert of Oliva Cigar Company for multiple full days of advocacy meetings on Capitol…
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As we reach the halfway point of 2025, Cigar Rights of America (CRA) remains fully engaged across the country, working to defend the rights of premium cigar consumers, retailers, and…
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On June 17th, Cigar Rights of America (CRA) met with María Isabel Castillo, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States, in a meeting aimed at…
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Europe’s Push for Steep Tobacco Tax Hikes European policymakers are considering the first major increase in tobacco excise duties in over a decade. The European Commission is proposing a staggering…
Read MoreMassachusetts: We are living in times where the demand for transparency and the mistrust of government is as high as it has been in generations. Local, state and federal elected…
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In today’s complex political environment, the premium cigar industry faces a wide range of legislative and policy challenges at both the state and federal levels. Addressing these issues effectively requires…
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Last year, we published an article about the use of “thirdhand smoke” as a policy trigger within tobacco control. At the time, we noted that while the U.S. Food and…
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Connecticut’s General Assembly recently saw the introduction of a set of bills that represent a troubling shift in state policy—one that could lead to some of the most restrictive tobacco…
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In February, CRA reported on the introduction of sweeping flavor bans in Washington and Hawaii that were poised to do more harm than good and blurred the lines between mass-market…
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