Steelers fans, light up an Ike Taylor cigar! Before retiring in 2015, Ike won two Super Bowl® rings during his 12-year career with Pittsburgh. Now the former NFL® player has launched a premium cigar called 1OFAHKINE (pronounced one of a kind). Working with black-owned cigar brand, Howard G Cigars, Ike sampled 40 different tobaccos to develop the blend, which is in the All Pro Series. Ike and boutique cigar company founder Howard Gumbs joined Boveda’s Rob Gagner at 2021 PCA in Las Vegas. 

Cigar podcast highlights include:  

• (2:28) Shout out to Corona Cigars on Sand Lake!
• (3:22) The cigar man who knows his bacon
• (4:40) What new cigar smokers need to know before they visit a cigar shop
• (5:49) Life after the NFL® 
• (8:48) What young Ike Taylor learned from hanging out in cigar lounges
• (9:18) Why Ike Taylor partnered with Howard G Cigars
• (10:40) Working with tobacco is like raising a kid
• (11:05) Origin story of the BIPOC cigar company Howard G
• (11:25) The late cigar legend and pianist Avo Uvezian mentored Howard Gumbs 
• (14:03) Ever think about going into the cigar business? Joining forces with American Caribbean Cigars’ Alex Menendez 
• (15:48) Creating Howard G lines—premium cigars at a good price point
• (25:18) How did the Howard G Black Moses cigar get its name?
• (31:05) During the pandemic, Ike Taylor became Uncle Ike to neighborhood kids 
• (34:06) What was Ike Taylor’s first job?
• (36:25) Running your own business—lessons learned from building a Champ burger at Checkers 
• (39:24) Where to find the 1OFAHKINE Ike Taylor cigar 
• (40:09) Check out the Howard G Leon Searcy cigar in the All Pro Series, too 

Visit https://www.howardgcigars.com/ to learn about all the Howard G cigar lines, including the 1OFAHKINE, Leon Searcy, Black Moses and Magic Stick. Try them all with a Howard G cigar sampler pack.

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