WHY THE 2025 CSWC BY OLIVA CIGARS SEASON MIGHT BE THE MOST COMPETITIVE IN HISTORY
- expertcigar
- Apr 17
- 3 min read
New partnerships, global expansion, and a powerful new cigar Oliva CSWC racing cigar — the CSWC arena is set to ignite like never before.

As the slowest race in the world prepares for its grandest start yet, the 2025 Cigar Smoking World Championship by Oliva cigars - season is already lighting sparks — and not just at the end of a cigar.
With a record-breaking number of countries joining the circuit and the thrilling debut of the Oliva CSWC Competition Cigar, this year promises a showdown unlike any before. Veterans are sharpening their senses. Newcomers are lurking with strategy. The air is thick with anticipation… and it smells like glory.

For the first time in CSWC history, Oliva Cigars steps in as the official competition cigar — and not just with a name, but with a masterfully crafted cigar made specifically for the challenge. This collaboration between Oliva’s renowned craftsmanship and CSWC’s uncompromising standards brings a fresh rhythm to the battlefield.

From the busy and vibrant New York and London, from calm elegance of Switzerland , over the Middle East, Asia, Hong Kong to the tropical pulse of the Caribbean, toward far away Australia and Japan - the 2025 CSWC by Oiva tour will stretch across over 50 countries — each hosting fierce qualifiers with hungry champions. New territories are joining. Old champions are returning and the new competitors are getting ready and motivated to became new names - the famous one's .

And the map of the slow-smoking world is glowing red with passion. Behind closed doors, the competition is already burning - and everyone are asking - how it will be to race on the new CSWC Oliva competition cigar

There are whispers that new strategies and tactics are trained, modified new ways of smoking under the ring are showing great results, and even new way of puffing the first puffs of the race are creating additional times.

One organizer confessed:
“It’s not about how slow you can smoke. It’s how deep you can connect with the cigar. That’s the real game.”

In an age where time is money and speed is king, the CSWC reminds us that greatness lives in the pause, in the draw, in the beauty of being fully present with a single cigar.
And this year, more than ever before, the world is watching.
The countdown has begun. The cigars are getting ready. The stopwatch is waiting.
Let the slowest race on Earth begin —
and may the slowest smoker rise.
