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Smokin Tabacco

Matthew Tabacco

Smokin Tabacco: The Future of Cigar Media - Home of TWO podcasts: Tune in and listen to husband and wife duo Matt Tabacco and Nicole Tabacco as they light up and talk about everything cigar PLUS whatever other topics might come up and talk with guests on The Smokin Tabacco Show. Or...tune in every other week for the Spare Notes Series with Matt Tabacco, Nicole Tabacco and William Cooper of Cigar-Coop.com for a more industry focused conversation! It’s never a dull moment, so tune in now and see what

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59:10

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Nestor Plasencia and Wayne D...

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2022/03/04

Oh this episode of the Smokin Tabacco Show, we are back home in the cold at the JC Newman cigar studios from The Great Smoke. We welcome on Nestor Plasencia and Wayne D Clark of Plasencia. In the first half hour, we talk to Nestor about launching the Plasencia brand after being such a big name in farming and production for other brands for so many years and generations. Nestor gives us a glimpse into what it is like on the farm and tells us about how important the soil is that the tobacco is grown

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01:06:42

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Andy Yaffee Tells Us How He...

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2022/03/04

This week we are LIVE from West Palm Beach, Florida where we are on location for The Great Smoke 2022: The Last Luau. Our good friend Andy Yaffee of Micallef Cigars joins us as our first in person guest on the show. We talk about the TGS weekend and all of the festivities. Andy fills us in on the newest things that Micallef is rollin gout this year and provides an update on Micallef Madness. Andy also tells us of the story of when he traveled to the G.W. Zoo in Oklahoma - home of Joe Exotic. HE

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58:59

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Juan Lopez Joins Us Right...

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2022/02/19

Juan Lopez, Vice President at Gurkha cigars joins us from Arizona after getting crashed into on the highway on his way to the show! But he is safe and sound and here to talk all things Gurkha including how their reputation is being rebuilt and their business model has shifted away from online mega sites and back towards a focus on brick-and-mortar retailers. We discuss the news brought to you by Micallef Cigars remembering Carlos Torano Sr. who passed away this week. Juan tells us what Gurkha has in

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01:32:05

The Smokin Tabacco Show: What Does Charlie Minato...

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2022/02/11

This week, Matt and Nicole welcome Charlie Minato fro halfwheel.com onto the show. They get Charlie's back story on how halfwheel came to be and the early days with Brooks Whittington. Charlie then get into the halfwheel Consensus which he explains is losing it's edge and may not continue. We also get into the the highly controversial issue of the "strategic marketing" debate on certain packaging that could be argued by the FDA as direct towards children. Charlie gives his take on the issue and

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01:38:40

Spare Notes Series #14: The Trade Show Wrap Up Show

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2022/02/07

Brought to you by Drew Estate: The Rebirth of Cigars - On this episode of Spare Notes, Coop and Matt talk about the Tobacco Plus Expo and what they thought was good, bad and what the future holds for both TPE and the PCA show and how that could affect PCA down the road. They also talk about some of the marketing that is out there and how the PCA has make a public announcement of the subject matter and is this good for the PCA to announce? Does it just bring even more light to the situation that they

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01:48:50

Does Some Cigar Marketing Go Too Far? Let’s Ask Pete...

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2022/02/07

This week we welcome Pete Johnson back to the show to see what's new at Tatuaje. We talk about Tobacco Plus Expo, Pete explains why Tatuaje did not attend the show but confirms they will be at PCA 2022 in July. During our Micallef new segment, we get into some of the cigar marketing and packaging that goes on that some feel is too far or too childish and we get his opinions on it based on his experience with the Monster Series. We also talk a little bit about the cigar documentary, Hand Rolled, that

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46:20

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Live from TPE 2022 in Las...

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2022/01/29

This week we are live from Las Vegas for the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) Trade Show. We talk about the show and who's here, what they are showcasing and what we are excited about. We also share some insight from manufacturers on what their plans are for 2022 including what many are planning for the Premium Cigar Association Trade Show (PCA) in July. We talk some FDA news about flavored cigar regulation for the spring and some forecasts into the potential downsides to the industry we might see this year

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01:07:19

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Meet The New Owners of...

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2022/01/27

This week we host and introduce you all to the new owners of Dissident Cigars, Josh and Cynn Coburn! They tell us about who they are, their back stories and how they met. We talk about what their first cigars are and how they came to owning the brand. They also answer the popular question of "What Happed to Ben?" Tune in to find out. They also talk to us about some of the other things that they work in outside of cigars including Josh's book "Shit That Needs Said" and how you can find it. Micallef

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02:04:25

Spare Notes Series #13: Why Is This On The List?

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2022/01/17

Brought to you by Drew Estate: The Rebirth of Cigars - This week on Spare Notes, we debut our new theme song and intro courtesy of Jon Carney. Coop and Matt dive into all of the Top 25 Cigar of the Year lists and pick apart who got what and why some cigars are on the lists we feel shouldn't be. We talk about the changes to the board of the Premium Cigar Association going from 15 to 19 seats as well as the new mission statement. Matt Booth has Matt ask Coop if he would be open to a "sensual sponge

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01:20:39

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Asking The ”Authority” With...

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2022/01/15

This week, Barry Stein of “The Cigar Authority” joins us to talk about his early days in Brooklyn, New York and how he got into the cigar industry. Barry has been at this for twenty-one years and has seen the earlier days of basic cigar media and blogging all the way through its evolution to where it is today. He lends us his opinion on a few current hot topics in the industry including the Top 25 Cigar of the Year lists and how he feels about some of the picks, including ours. Barry talks to us

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01:37:46

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Happy Birthday Ferio Tego!

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2022/01/08

This week, we celebrate the first birthday of Ferio Tego with the 2021 Smokin Tabacco "Man of the Year" Michael Herklots. We talk about the growth of the first year of the company and we check out the new Elegancia and Generoso cigars on the show. We also talk bout the 'Timeless' line comeback and what, other than cigars themselves, challenges Michael faced in getting the company to market. We also talk about his hosting duties during Smoke Inn's 'The Great Smoke' and he tells us how much he didn't

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01:03:00

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Abe Dababneh Talks TGS 2022

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2022/01/08

Abe Dababneh and Alex Tavella stop by to talk about The Great Smoke 2021 and all of the things they went through to make it happen. We then talk about TGS 2022 and the guys announce they have opened up 100 more virtual tickets, buy them no while you can! Abe also talks us about the Smoke Inn Holiday Cigar Advent Calendar. We then present Abe with our official 2021 Smokin Tabacco Retailer of the Year. Don't forget to Like and Subscribe and head over to SmokinTabacco.com for more news and

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02:11:53

Spare Notes Series #12: Who Is Ranking High Among The...

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2022/01/02

Brought to you by Drew Estate: The Rebirth of Cigars - This week, we review the Smokin Tabacco Cigar of the year list and compare it to other lists including to what's been named on the Cigar Coop list and we also talk about who is currently repeatedly ranking high or scoring number one across multiple lists. We also talk about how including limited or hard to obtain cigars may be a little frowned upon by consumers who are trying to find them. Coop goes through the Cigar Coop Top 12 stories to get

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01:17:34

The Smokin Tabacco Show: 2021 Year in Review

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2021/12/31

This week we celebrate 2021 in our Year in Review episode. Jon Carney rejoins us to reminisce on the year and everything we all accomplished as well as the industry as a whole. We talk about our charity fundraiser earlier this year for Cigar Family Charitable Foundation and we begin to drop details on the next one which will begin March 1st, 2022. We talk about what we expect to see in 2022 from the industry as well as what we plan to work on internally. The final giveaway winner is announced so all

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01:08:57

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Oliver Nivaud of United...

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2021/12/24

Just in time for Christmas, Oliver Nivaud join us to catch up and talk about everything that United has been doing since his last visit a year ago. United has been busy adding on to the Bandolero line as well as repackaging it. United reworked the Garofalo line, added the 'Angelic' to the La Gianna line, and even got into the NFT market with a special 'Atabey Black Riots' NFT. Oliver also teases what United is working on for the future including another Firecracker release. We name the third winner

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01:51:07

Spare Notes Series #11: A Week In Review

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2021/12/19

On this episode, Matt and Coop both review their shows of this week. Coop clears the air with some of the feedback he received after having Brian from Privada on the show and explains why he was happy to have Brian on despite what some people might have said. Matt and Coop also review some of the topics that were raised when Glynn Loope and Josh Habursky were on the Smokin Tabacco Show this week with topics like Tobacco 21, Flavored Tobacco and other PCA dealings that were discussed. Coop also asks

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01:35:45

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Is The Cigar Industry in...

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2021/12/19

On this episode, Glynn Loope and Joshua Habursky from the Premium Cigar Association join us to talk about many hot topics surrounding the state of the cigar industry in terms of laws, regulation and legislation. The overall theme is "Is the cigar industry in serious trouble?" We try to answer that by covering topics such as Tobacco 21, Flavored Tobacco regulation, permanent age cutoff for tobacco purchasing, and how the guys felt about the 2021 trade show and what we can expect fro the 2022 show

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01:05:30

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Catching up with Bradley...

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2021/12/10

On this episode, we catch up with Bradley Rubin from Alec Bradley and Alec & Bradley. We talk and smoke the Trilogy and take a look at the unique box design that they have created that looks like the mold the cigars are pressed in. We talk about the new JC Newman project happening across the street from their factory in Tampa. We get into whiskey and learn that not only does Bradley share our love for good bourbon but he is also quite the romance man. We also announce the winner of the first of four

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01:18:14

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Cigar Reviewing with Brooks...

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2021/12/09

On this episode, we sit down with Brooks Whittington of Halfwheel.com to talk about how Halfwheel came to be with Charlie Minato and the precursors to the website. We talk to Brooks about reviews and get tips from him on tasting, what his and Halfwheel's policies and procedures on doing reviews. We also get his take on old media vs new media and how the industry has changed and how Halfwheel has planned to continue to evolve. Don't forget to like and subscribe!

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01:52:24

Spare Notes Series #10: Smokin Tabacco Top 25...

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2021/11/28

On this episode, Matt announces some new partnerships, giveaway and updates at Smokin Tabacco. The boys discuss some local legislations regarding tobacco. But later, they focus on the Smokin Tabacco Top 25 Cigar of the Year contenders. Coop gives his insight as Matt goes down the list reading of the contenders. Don't forget to Like & Subscribe on all of our platforms and visit smokintabacco.com for more information on our giveaways for December.

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