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Tunneling. Band burning. Puffing too soon. Puffing too late. One by one, a cigar smoking err takes them down. See who’ll represent the U.S. at the world event of the Cigar Smoking World Championship (CSWC). Will it be a BOTL or SOTL?

Coined the Slowest Race on Earth, this international competition is all about “slow smoking” cigars. Pick up smoking strategies as Box Press Podcast Host Rob Gagner talks to cigar smoking competitors at BURN by Rocky Patel in Pittsburgh, PA.

In 2021, 13 qualifying rounds were held at smoke clubs and lounges across the U.S. There were qualifying events in more than 30 countries. The winner from each country attended the grand finale in Split, Croatia, in September 2021.

A well-humified cigar burns more slowly and evenly. Extend your own smoking experience by storing cigars in your humidor with Boveda, a global partner of CSWC. Boveda, is the maker of 2-way humidity control for cigars, easy seasoning for wood humidors, humidor bags and one-step hygrometer calibration kits.

Shop for Boveda here.

Who Moves On? Cigar Smoking World Championship 2021 U.S. Semifinals | Box Press Ep.48

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Slow and Low—Cigar Smoking World Championships

Watch BOTL Versus SOTL, Rob Gagner Competes Against Ben Wills 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPYyQsJ8yOc

Do YOU Have What It Takes To Be A Cigar Smoking World Champion?! 

Find out how to compete in CSWC from Founder and CEO Marko Bilic and Boveda’s Benny Patock 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB4sB84MUrU&t=2s

Learn more about CSWC here.

Ferio Tego is like a greatest hits album for cigar lovers. All your favorites, less of the “something new we’re working on and we hope you like it” smokes. Learn why there’s room in your humidor for oldies-but-goodies and hot-new-hits. Ferio Tego’s Herklots joined Boveda’s Rob Gagner at 2021 PCA in Las Vegas for this episode of Box Press, the cigar lifestyle podcast.

Metropolitan and Timeless cigars are alive today because of Herklots and his business partner Brendon Scott. When the now-defunct Nat Sherman International closed, the two former employees started a cigar company with saved legacy brands and cigar accessories and two new blends, Elegancia and Generoso.

Highlights of the cigar conversation with Herklots include:

6:00 Getting a job at a tobacco shop to pay for his cigar hobby

8:01 Succeeding at work is doing more than your job

13:30 Wearing a guayabera and Panama hat while standing in the middle of a tobacco field smelling green leaves is not him

15:50 Comparing wine to cigars

19.50 Learning how to blend a cigar

22:28 Blending the Quesada 35th

25:31 Smoking unfermented tobacco in a cigar

47:29 Growing popularity of “meme” cigars

1:01:13 Listening to a favorite song is like smoking a legacy cigar

You can protect your cigars just like cigars makers. Preserve your passion with Boveda, makers of 2-way humidity control for cigars, easy seasoning for wood humidors, humidor bags and one-step hygrometer calibration kits. Shop Boveda for cigars here: https://store.bovedainc.com/collections/boveda-for-tobacco

Learn more about Ferio Tego Cigars at https://www.feriotego.com/

How to Properly Cut a Cigar

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A conversation with the son of Davidoff's Master Blender (feat. Klaas Kelner) | Box Press Ep. 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m35N6fV_6Vg&t=3s

For My Humidor | Manuel Quesada (patriarch of Quesada Cigars)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR8Gkx47YQQ&t=10s

How long can you make a cigar last? Watch cigar smokers go head to head in the U.S. Semifinals of the Cigar Smoking World Championship (CSWC). Coined the Slowest Race on Earth, this international competition is all about “slow smoking” cigars. Contenders talk smoking strategies with Box Press Podcast Host Rob Gagner at Club Leaf & Bean, a private cigar club just south of Pittsburgh, PA.

In 2021, 13 qualifying rounds were held at smoke clubs and lounges across the U.S. There were qualifying events in more than 30 countries. The winner from each country attended the grand finale in Split, Croatia, in September 2021.

A well-humidified cigar burns more slowly and evenly. Extend your own smoking experience by storing cigars in your humidor with Boveda, a global partner of CSWC. Boveda is the maker of 2-way humidity control for cigars, easy seasoning for wood humidors, humidor bags and one-step hygrometer calibration kits.

Shop for Boveda here.

Slow and Low—Cigar Smoking World Championships

Watch BOTL Versus SOTL, Rob Gagner Competes Against Ben Wills 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPYyQsJ8yOc

Do YOU Have What It Takes To Be A Cigar Smoking World Champion?! 

Find out how to compete in CSWC from Founder and CEO Marko Bilic and Boveda’s Benny Patock 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB4sB84MUrU&t=2s

Learn more about CSWC here.

Did you know that cigars, a lot of cigars, were once made in the U.S.? Learn your U.S. history of cigars in America’s West in this Box Press episode with Big Sky Cigar Company and Boveda’s Rob Gagner at 2021 Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas.

Jess Coleman and Brandon Marsh rejuvenated the Montana boutique cigar scene building on the state’s rich cigar heritage. Did you know that in the early 1900s, Montana was home to over 107 cigar factories? Today’s Big Sky Cigars are designed locally and created with the highest quality Nicaraguan tobaccos.

This cigar podcast digs into:

2:06 Big Sky Cigar’s Yellowstone River Box which was featured in Fly Fishermen Magazine’s 2021 Father's Day Gift Guide

5:50 Montana’s little-known but rich cigar history

9:48 Antiquing for cigar boxes and cigar tokens like American Pickers

13:04 How to learn more about cigars in Little Haven

15:59 Reworking a tobacco blend based on customer input—the Bighorn 2.0

30:23 Why a dark wrapper doesn’t mean it’s a strong cigar

30:48 How to cut a torpedo cigar

35:08 Legacy cigars versus boutique cigars

Big Sky protects the cigars it ships to smokers with Boveda to preserve the sugars and oils of the tobacco. You can protect your cigars just like cigars makers, too. Preserve your passion with Boveda, makers of 2-way humidity control for cigars, easy seasoning for wood humidors, humidor bags and one-step hygrometer calibration kits.

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Learn more about Big Sky’s cigar lines at https://www.bigskycigar.com/cigars. If you’re looking for a present for a fly fishing cigar smoker, check out Big Sky Cigar’s Yellowstone River Box. Then gift the box of cigars in a large Boveda Humidor Bag, which provides one year of maintenance-free cigar protection.

Prep yourself: Your mouth will water during this Box Press episode with Jake Wyatt Cigars and Boveda’s Rob Gagner at 2021 Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas. The company’s gourmet cigar lines are artisanal tobacco blends, say Jake Wyatt founders, Neil Garcia and Gerard Abajian. 

Friends Neil and Gerard launched Jake Wyatt in 2020. Named after their two sons, the boutique cigar brand offers five gourmet lines of cigar blends you won’t find anywhere else. Looking for a new cigar to linger on your palate? Nab a Jake Wyatt sample box at your brick-and mortar cigar shop. 

This cigar podcast delves into the men behind the business and includes:

• Where’s a good steak place in SoCal where you can smoke cigars? (12:22)
• How Neil Garcia transitioned from playing pro baseball to launching a cigar business. (13:01)
• How to stay friends with your business partner. (16:34)
• What’s a gourmet cigar? (25:00)
• Is your cigar palate consistent or varied? (25:34)
• Why 22 cigars in Jake Wyatt boxes? (39:35)
• How do you know when to pass on a business venture? (58:00)
• Why Box Press is one of the best cigar podcasts (1:02:00)

Jake Wyatt Cigars are protected with Boveda to preserve the sugars and oils of the gourmet cigars. You can protect your cigars just like cigars makers, too. Preserve your passion with Boveda, makers of 2-way humidity control for cigars, easy seasoning for wood humidors, humidor bags and one-step hygrometer calibration kits. 

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Learn more about the Jake Wyatt Cigar Light and Cutter Set featured in this episode: https://jakewyattcigars.com/jake-wyatt-lighter-and-cutter-set/

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Shop for that first cigar with confidence. Cigar smoking friend or tobacconist suggesting a Connecticut wrapper? Learn what to ask for instead from Blackbird Cigar Company’s Jonas Santana. This rapper turned cigar maker joined Boveda’s Rob Gagner cigar podcast at 2021 Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas.

Find out why a Blackbird is the hot new cigar you gotta try. This new boutique cigar brand is the next wave of cigars born from those not born into a cigar empire. 

A cigar talk where you’ll learn:

• What’s with these cigars named after birds in brightly colored cigar boxes (Crow, Finch, Cuco, etc.)
• How to smoke Blackbird cigars in the right order (Perfect advice for a three-cigar-a-day smoker looking for progressive blends.) 
• What famous cigar smoker to share a cigar with.
• How to sharpen your skills beyond college, smart from someone who designed Can’t Clip My Wings cigar swag.

Jonas protects Blackbird Cigars with Boveda to preserve the sugars and oils of his boutique cigars. You can protect your cigars just like cigars makers, too. Preserve your passion with Boveda, makers of 2-way humidity control for cigars, easy seasoning for wood humidors, humidor bags and one-step hygrometer calibration kits.

Sticks and sticks! Listen how to improve your golf game from the founder of Carolina Blue Cigars. It’s all course management and ball placement, explains Chris Moore to Box Press Host Rob Gagner of Boveda at the 2021 Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas. 

Along with golf tips, learn:

• How not to kill your palate smoking cigars
• How to kill tobacco beetles without ruining your cigars
• How to spot a fake Cuban
• How Chris launched his North Carolina cigar company
• Why you couldn't find Carolina Blue Cigars for awhile
• Why Chris relaunched his cigar brand

In this Boveda cigar podcast, Rob and Chris are smoking the CBC Limitada.

Chris protects Carolina Blues with Boveda to preserve the sugars and oils of his boutique cigars. You can protect your cigars just like cigars makers, too. Preserve your passion with Boveda, makers of 2-way humidity control for cigars, easy seasoning for wood humidors, humidor bags and one-step hygrometer calibration kits. 

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Is there a cigar companies for dummies book? 🤔  Ian Reith the founder of Dapper Cigar Co. is ready to write it. Hear how a cigar smoker gets into the cigar business.

In 2013, he launched the boutique cigar brand with the Cubo Claro. It’s legendary Cuban cigar-making combined with Nicaraguan filler tobacco from Oliva Tobacco Co. 

From scratch, Ian learned everything you need to know about cigars: where to buy tobacco; what factory makes cigars; who prints cigar bands; and how to salvage a sales call with a cigar retailer who thinks you’re from Davidoff! 

💡 Entrepreneur smart tips:

• Make sure your new business name falls at the beginning of the alphabet near an established industry brand!
• Sell company swag that anyone can wear. No lie 🧢— even non-cigar smokers sport snapback baseball caps that say Dapper.


As of this interview with Rob Gagner at the 2021 Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas, Dapper Cigar currently has 5 cigar lines, including Cubo, La Madrina, El Borracho, Siempre and Desvalido. During the cigar-long cigar podcast, Rob and Ian smoke the Desvalido a medium- to full-flavored Dapper that promises a creamy, malted honey experience with floral expressions.

Like many premium cigar brands, Dapper cigars are boxed with Boveda, the 2-way global leader in humidity control. Boveda protects the flavor, condition and burn of cigars for cigar manufacturers and cigar smokers. What do you use to protect cigars in your humidor? Better be Boveda.  


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Hear how the U.S. Marine Corp. changed his life and primed him for the entrepreneurial journey that was ahead. Hit up a Room101 Hit and Run and lose yourself in this steam-of-consciousness interview with cigar man, Matt Booth presented by Boveda.

Pay attention, follow your “belly radar” and pivot. “My business should have failed a hundred times over,” the founder of Room101 brands told Rob Gagner at the 2021 Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas.

Call it kismet. Call it tenacity. Call it intuition. Matt knows how and when to call it.

From boutique cigars to stylized humidors. From Room101 urinal pads to bespoke custom bling worn by the likes of Snoop Dogg, DeAndre Jordan and Guy Fieri. Just try to predict Room101’s next gig.

Matt stepped away from the cigar game and Davidoff in 2017. He’s launched a comeback with AJ Fernandez and Caldwell collaborating on new cigar lines, such as Doomsayer, Farce and The T. His Room101 cigar knives and cigar lighters make great statement gifts for the edgier cigar lover.

Preserve your passion with Boveda, makers of 2-way humidity control for cigars, easy seasoning for wood humidors, humidor bags and one-step hygrometer calibration kits.

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When you’re in active combat, a cigar can be your lifeline, why you hang on to fight another day. Hear how donated cigars from cigar smokers like you provide relief, respite and a taste of home to U.S. military men and women.

An inspirational cigar hour with Box Press Host, Rob Gagner and Storm Boen, Operation: Cigars for Warrriors Chairman of the Board and CEO. The nonprofit organization collects, then disperses premium cigars, cigar accessories, coffee and more to troops serving in combat zones.

Learn the CFW origin story and how the group protects the more than a millions cigars it’s shipped overseas with Boveda, its first corporate sponsor.

What cigar are they smoking? The Hiram & Solomon Operation: Cigars for Warriors Live2Serve, which is a collaboration limited-edition cigar only available at CFW donation sites. Drop off cigars at one of the more than 450 OP: CFW’s donation sites. Many are in smoke shops, where you can also buy a box of your favorites and leave it there.

*Shot at the 2021 at Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) in Las Vegas, NV.

Visit cigarsforwarriors.org to find out how to donate to the 501 (c) (3) charity.

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