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West Tampa Tobacco Co. Brings Two New Releases to PCA Show

West Tampa Tobacco Co. Brings Two New Releases to PCA Show

West Tampa Tobacco Company arrived at the 2026 PCA Show in New Orleans with two new cigars. Both releases lean into what the brand does best: translating the soul of West Tampa, Florida, into a smoking experience that feels personal, place-specific, and worth savoring.

LB Cigars Brings Four Cigars to PCA Show Debut

LB Cigars is a boutique premium cigar brand created by Luisa Bautista, an entrepreneur and cigar enthusiast whose love for the craft has driven her to build something rooted in quality, personality, and artisan blending. Drawing on tobaccos from multiple growing regions, Bautista has crafted a portfolio with broad appeal—welcoming to newcomers, satisfying to seasoned smokers—and made its PCA Show debut at the 2026 edition in New Orleans.

J.C. Newman Arrives at the 2026 PCA with History on Every Band

No booth at the 2026 PCA Show in New Orleans told a richer American story than J.C. Newman Cigar Co. The Tampa-based, fourth-generation family operation brought a lineup to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center that managed to honor more than a century of tradition while simultaneously looking ahead with fresh blends, bold new sizes, and a patriotic mission unlike anything else on the show floor.

Bocock Brothers Celebrate Collegiate Athletics

As the premium cigar industry converges on New Orleans for PCA 2026 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, one of the most compelling stories on the floor belongs to Bocock Brothers Premium Cigars. Founded by Honduran-born brothers Bryant and Douglas Bocock and based in Houston, Texas, the company is earning a growing international reputation with its bold rooster-in-a-bowtie logo and motto “Be Cocky” saying everything about who it is.

League of Fat Bastards Debuts Department of Honor at PCA 2026

League of Fat Bastards isn’t a typical cigar company, and its first-ever PCA exclusive reflects exactly that. Founded by Adam Levine—emphatically not the Maroon 5 frontman—the Australian-born brand was built around a deliberate mission: using the natural camaraderie of cigar culture as a vehicle for breaking down the stigma surrounding men’s mental health.

Quesada Cigars Brings Three Releases to PCA 2026

Quesada Cigars is arriving at the 2026 PCA Show in New Orleans with a trio of releases that collectively tell the story of where the company has been and where it’s headed—all presented alongside its joint booth partner Joya de Nicaragua, with whom the Quesada family has formed SAG Imports, a shared U.S. distribution venture.

Joya de Nicaragua Begins New Chapter at PCA 2026

Joya de Nicaragua is arriving at the 2026 PCA Show in New Orleans with both a packed product slate and a significant business story to tell. The nearly 60-year-old Nicaraguan manufacturer has transitioned its U.S. distribution to SAG Imports, a joint venture between the MartĂ­nez family, which owns Joya de Nicaragua, and the Quesada family of the Dominican Republic.

CLE Looks Back to Move Forward with 1916 Tabacalera Eiroa at PCA

For CLE Cigar Company, the 2026 PCA Show in New Orleans is an opportunity to honor where the Eiroa family came from—and to make a case for where it’s headed. The centerpiece of its PCA showing is the 1916 Tabacalera Eiroa, a new line developed by fourth-generation tobacco man Santiago “Santi” Eiroa, with the name nodding to the year his great-grandfather Generoso first began cultivating tobacco—a tradition now 110 years in the making.

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