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Following his own mental health crisis, Adam Levine founded the League of Fat Bastards Cigars. The boutique Nicaraguan cigar brand gives away 40% of its profits to men's mental health initiatives; hosts events where men can get real about their lives; and encourages intentional discussions about mental health over cigars.

Interview by Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

What is Boveda? League Of Fat Bastards Cigars recommends Boveda 2-way humidity control for wherever you store cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Boveda prevents cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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00:00 This is Box Press

00:24 How did the League of Fat Bastards Cigars get its name?

00:45 Creating space for men to chew the fat

01:23 Organize cigar events with celebs and athletes to normalize mental health struggles

01:47 LOFB Cigars gives back 40% of profits to men's mental health groups

02:15 Using cigar smoking as therapy

03:10 Living in London in the heyday of Cuban Cigars

03:34 Adam Levine had a severe mental breakdown

04:46 Create a movement to help men live their best lives

05:16 Only cigar brand produced over Zoom?

05:51 The Goldilocks cigar blend, Serie L made in Nicaragua

06:40 League of Fat Bastards is an everyman cigar on purpose

07:06 What cigar should your first cigar be?

07:26 Discover the joy of cigars and provide an opportunity for men to open up emotionally

09:20 Why did this happen FOR me?

10:56 LOFB Cigars packaged with Boveda

11:50 Reusing Boveda packets from cigar boxes

12:22 Keeping cigars at the perfect humidity maintains their condition

13:13 If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988

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This vintage 1800s Wisconsin cigar brand has a new life thanks to owners Mike Gehm, Keith Archiquette, and Dylan Masse. The trio blends cigar that they love, and it turns out a lot cigar smokers love Lovely Cigars, too. Hear more about this boutique cigar brand that produces Elegante X2 Ain't They Lovely Cigar, The Bay City Cigar, and the No. 162.

Interview by Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

01:36 First 2 years of a new business are rocky

03:16 Gotta have a quality cigar, good marketing, and good relationship with tobacco shops

04:27 Founders are regular cigar palate people

05:00 Lovely Cigar brand is from the 1800s out of Green Bay, Wisconsin

05:29 No.162 Lovely Cigar

05:35 The new Lovely's Bay City Cigar

06:19 Converting a great idea into tobacco stores adopting cigar lines

12:41 What's ham-and-egging it?

13:51 A delicious cigar to try

18:57 Storing cigars in a Boveda Humidor Bag keeps cigars from disintegrating

19:22 Cigar guys share cigars and share cigar recommendations

20:17 Lovely Cigars protected by Boveda on the way to and while in Las Vegas

What is Boveda? Cigar makers like Lovely Cigars recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control for wherever you store cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Keep cigars well-humidified with Boveda B69 packets in your humidor. Boveda prevents cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every Lovely Cigar.

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NEW CIGAR BRAND: Domain Cigars, whose flavor and construction are protected by Boveda. Use Boveda to protect the cigars in your humidor, click here to get emails: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0

Domain Cigars is the crest of the third wave of cigar making. Fully vertically integrated. Craft. Innovative. If they can't produce a cigar, they won't make it anymore.

This new guy in town was developed by Daniel Lance and his business partner, Esteban Disla, a master blender who has created cigars for 30 cigar companies. Domain will change the way you see cigars, including a new way to package cigars with Boveda 2-way humidity control. Lance only uses Boveda to keep his cigars, like Domain's new Neutron and Negentropy tasting and smoking great.

Interview by Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

00:43 Esteban Disla experienced cigar man

02:19 Third wave cigar maker is where the cigar industry is headed

02:27 First cigar wave = Cuba embargo

04:01 Second wave of cigars is like Starbucks is to coffee

05:33 Built Boveda into its cigar packaging

06:02 Boveda first integrated branding

06:59 Positioning Boveda at the foot of cigars

07:21 A cigar naturally dries out from the foot to the cap

08:38 Domain Neutron cigar's flavor notes

12:13 Lessons learned from Sylvia the cigar roller

14:18 People have begun valuing relationships post pandemic

14:52 If we can't produce that cigar, we won't make it anymore

16:49 Boveda branded cigar boxes

18:04 Boveda saves Fuente Añejo cigars

What is Boveda? Cigar makers like Domain recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control for wherever you store cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Use Boveda B84 packets to season your wood humidor before adding cigars. And then keep cigars well-humidified with Boveda B69 packets in your humidor. Boveda prevents cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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Protect your cigars from bad guys like mold and low humidity by using Boveda in your humidor, click here to get emails: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0

Unlike a bad guy, his Maduro cigar won't kick you in the head. Discover Porto Real, actor Alex Estrella's boutique cigar brand. Porto Real cigars are tasty Dominican and Nicaragua blends that are affordable. Cigars are from $8 to $12.

When playing a ne'er-do-well in a film or series, Alex would often smoke a cigar. (Hey, cigar smokers are not so bad!) So it's natural that the actor parlayed his love of smokes into a cigar biz. Alex and Boveda's Drew Emmer talk cigar storage and more at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

00:01 This IS the actor/producer Alex Estrella

01:29 The actor who has a cigar brand and the cigar brand run by an actor

02:31 Started in cigars when he started acting for TV

03:05 Sampling the Porto Real Maduro cigar

03:44 Maduro cigar that's not going to kick you in the head

05:07 Living la vida loca

06:02 A cigar is a moment of time spent with a friend

06:18 Estrella watch Porto Real cigar edition based on his late dad's watch

08:51 Why Boveda for cigars?

11:15 Cigars don't have to be too expensive to be good

What is Boveda? Cigar makers recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control wherever you store cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Use Boveda B84 packets to season your wood humidor before adding cigars. And then keep cigars well-humidified with Boveda B69 packets in your humidor. Boveda prevents cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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Protect the flavor and character of boutique cigars like PDR with Boveda. Click here to get emails: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0

Does the size of a cigar matter? Sure does for PDR founder Abe Flores. Find out if he prefers fatter stogies versus shorter, slimmer cigars. Then get cigar recommendations from this award-winning master blender.

Looking for an accessible Cubanesque cigar? PDR (Puro Dominican Republic) blends Cuban traditions with boutique modern manufacturing . The cigar makers employ a complex tobacco rolling technique that originated in Cuba called “entubado.” The cigar roller rolls each filler leaf into a straw shape to fit a greater number of filler leaves into a PDR cigar, which results in amazing air flow.

PDR's Flores talks with Boveda's Drew Emmer about protecting the condition of cigars at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

01:58 To buy instruments, I was selling cigars on the side

03:36 Abe Flores already knew tech and marketing, needed to learn cigars

04:23 Pinar del Rio, Cuba is where tobacco seeds are from

06:41 #1 PDR cigar: El Criollito

07:37 For My Humidor I Use Boveda

08:43 Boveda maintains the perfect humidity for cigars

10:00 Bad humidor, no Boveda is very bad for cigars

10:14 What's your favorite cigar?

10:31 PDR 10th Anniversary Millefleurs Corona cigar

11:06 Pepin Black Lancero cigar and 601 Green cigar

11:25 Fuente Añejo Shark cigar

What is Boveda? Master blenders recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control to protect cigars you store. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Boveda humidor packets prevent cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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Protect the flavor and character of artisan cigars with Boveda. Find out how to use Boveda in your humidor, click here to get emails: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0

Cigar smokers in the Pacific Northwest, you made this Tampa cigar famous. Try the latest iteration of the Juan de Fuca cigar blended by Serafin de Cuba.

Fourth generation cigar maker Arnoldo Serafin talks with Boveda's Drew Emmer about reviving forgotten cigar brands at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

00:09 Juan de Fuca cigars packaged with Boveda

00:31 What is a Juan de Fuca cigar?

00:47 Strait of Juan de Fuca in Pacific Northwest

01:38 Why smoke a closed foot cigar

01:56 Don Ramon 1917 Series cigar—cigar fit for a BOSS! Created to honor patriarch, Don Ramon Serafin, Jr.

02:18 How did you fall in love with cigars?

04:23 Sweeter cigar, medium that's not too strong, not too harsh

04:34 I'm a sucker for Cameroon wrappers

06:00 How many fourth generation cigar makers are there?

06:31 History of Tampa and cigars

07:04 Prince of Wales cigars (Principe de Gales cigars)

What is Boveda? Generations of cigar makers recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control to protect cigars you store. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Boveda humidor packets prevent cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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So they're ready for cigars right away, Brizard & Co. ships humidors with Boveda's specialty seasoning packets. Brizard airflow humidors have compartments that position Boveda above and below the cigars to surround them in the idea humidity. Find out how to use Boveda in your humidor, click here to get emails: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0

Brizard & Co. makes premium cigar accessories from exotic woods and genuine leather. Manufacturing in Southern California allows Brizard & Co. to control the quality of their woodwork, leather work, and metal work.

Founder of Brizard & Co., Cyril Brizard talks proper cigar storage with Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

01:05 People connect over cigars

01:37 Brizard & Co. makes no mass produced humidors

03:17 Southern California maker of high-end humidors, cigar cases, and lighters

03:48 Brizard & Co. golf cigar collection

04:09 Brizard & Co. luxury cowboy cigar collection

06:09 From luxury toiletry cases to high-end cigar accessories

06:37 ...but I travel with my cigars in a Ziploc® bag

10:58 First limited-edition luxury cigar case for OpusX for Carlito Fuente

13:13 New Limited-Edition Fuente Black Pink cigar case

14:46 Brizard & Co. airflow humidors designed for using Boveda to control humidity for cigars

What is Boveda? Humidor makers, like Brizard & Co. recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control wherever you store cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Use Boveda B84 packets to season your wood humidor before adding cigars. And then keep cigars well-humidified with Boveda B69 packets in your humidor. Boveda prevents cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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Whether you're holding on to a $100 Sans Pareil Gold or a value smoke, preserve that cigar's flavor with Boveda, click here to get emails: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0

Sans Pareil is pronounced sahn-pah-rehy. (BTW, Boveda is pronounced boh-veh-dah.)

Sans Pareil is French and translates to "without equal or unparalleled." Fitting for four lines of ultra-premium cigars that command $38 to $100 a stick.

Should you save a Sans Pareil for a special occasion? Or work celebratory sticks into your cigar rotation? If you smoke luxury cigars regularly, do they lose their panache?

David J. Swinburne, CEO and co-founder of Sans Pareil cigars talks luxury cigars and new releases with Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

00:12 NEW Green line of Sans Pareil Cigars

01:51 Shout out to the Cedar Room Fine Cigars & Lounge, Scottsdale, Arizona

02:54 Re-release of Super Lancero in the Sans Pareil Gold line

04:48 New Sans Pareil Toro cigar, The Jeddo

05:09 What Sans Pareil cigars should a new cigar smoker try?

05:54 Sans Pareil cigars origin story

07:41 How the wrong humidity affects cigars—Sans Pareil cigars are packaged with Boveda

09:51 What's next for Sans Pareil cigars?

What is Boveda? Luxury cigar brands like Sans Pareil protect blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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A whole lotta smart cigar storage in this one. Along with its popular 80-count model, CigarBros personal humidors are now available in 4 new sizes to keep 5, 10, 20, and 30 cigars.

CigarBros founder Remon Mansour announced that retailers, like the online wine merchant, Wooden Cork are now carrying a prefilled CigarBros personal humidor. This heavy-duty black foam cigar vault is reusable but comes prefilled with premium cigars, like Oliva, Romeo Y Julieta, Acid, and more.

Find out about how this family-owned humidor biz has taken off since CigarBros patented a stand-alone climate-controlled humidor to keep cigars fresh and well stocked for non-traditional cigar sellers, like gas stations, convenience stores, liquor stores, lounges, casinos, golf courses, etc.

Remon talks to Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

00:31 Luck is when hard work meets opportunity

00:57 Designed a stand-alone climate-controlled humidor for non-traditional cigar retailers

03:17 Easy-to-use humidor that you don't have to season

04:13 Airtight, waterproof affordable cigar humidor

05:14 Soon to be available in 5 sizes to hold 5 cigars, 10, 20, 30 80

06:11 New branded personal humidor that's prefilled with cigars and Boveda

08:33 No more dry, damaged online cigars

09:54 Wooden Cork online retailer carries cigar filled CigarBros personal humidors

11:47 Making it easy for people to store cigars at home

12:18 Finding affordable multiple personal humidors (great gift for cigar smokers)

16:13 When do you replace Boveda? Every 3 months

What is Boveda? Successful cigar storage starts with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars from drying out. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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UberLuxury cigars are a new segment of premium cigars created by Jeremiah Meerapfel. His family's legendary Meerapfel Cameroon tobacco is touted as the most exclusive wrapper in the world. This fifth generation cigar man talks how his family evolved cigar smokers beyond Cubans toward New World Cigars (AKA cigars originating from any country that isn't Cuba!). Meerapfel and Boveda's Drew Emmer talk cigars and Boveda at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

02:40 Responsibilities come with being the patriarch of a family, a company

04:33 Amassment is a word

06:34 Combatting Cuban cigars with non-Cuban New World cigars

08:00 Cigars followed the same trajectory as wine

08:55 Sad that my father isn't next to me

13:32 How the cigar craft has changed over 20 years

16:07 Say NO to big cigar ring gauges

17:15 Wrapper is the most expensive part of a cigar

20:40 Pricing Meerapfel cigars created mayhem in the company

35:33 There's magic fairy dust in handcrafted premium cigars

37:20 If you want to smoke a perfect cigar, store it first with Boveda

What is Boveda? Premium and UberLuxury cigar brands like Meerapfel Cigar protect blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars from drying out. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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