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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&n