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Premium Cigar Association

Premium Cigar Association Political Action Committee (PREMIUM CIGAR PAC)

Trade association PAC FEC C00450239

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$15K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $490K

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the trade association’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Premium Cigar Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 2 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Foreign Relations8 of 88/8
  • Small Business8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Tobacco8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)3 of 83/8
Budget/Appropriations 1 of 8 · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 1 of 8 · 1 more · Show all 8
  • Budget/Appropriations1 of 81/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace1 of 81/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 6 bills, this period

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From the filings

“S.464 No Tax Subsidies for E-Cigarette and Tobacco Ads Act H.R.5715/S.2929 Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2023 Tobacco tax provisions in H.R.5568/S.2846 Care for Mom's Act”
Q4 2024 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Issues related to the regulatory definition of premium cigars (no specific legislation).”
Q3 2026 filing · Tobacco

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • Small Business AdministrationSBA
  • Treasury
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • White House Office
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • U.S. Customs & Border Protection

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

Every filing since 2015, with the lobbyists named and the quarters each bill appearsEvery filing since 2015 Pro

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Premium Cigar Association, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 9 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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