Some of you may remember, we hosted the Cigar Smoking World Championship a few months ago. One of our regulars, Drew, won that competition. He then moved on to the nationals to win that as well. Last week, he competed in the finals, which is an international competition and came in 2nd.

Drew was in Croatia for the finals, representing America. Some silly smoking competition may not sound like much to most, but we are Avid smokers. Some of us smoke to relax. Some smoke to socialize. Whatever brings you into the cigar smoking world, it makes you one of us… A Brother/Sister of the Leaf! And for Drew to stand along side contestants from around the world in competition, it means a lot to us. He represented the ACL. He represented Apex, NC. He represented America on a global stage.

Congrats Drew. We are very proud of what you accomplished and hope you had a blast doing it. We can’t wait to have you home.