Adam Levine | League Of Fat Bastards Cigars Contribute to Mental Well-Being | Box Press Ep. 142
This cigar podcast could save your or a loved one’s life. What do cigars and mental health have to do with one another? Plenty if you ask Adam Levine. (Not that Adam Levine, BTW.)
Following his own mental health crisis, this Adam Levine founded the League of Fat Bastards Cigars. The boutique Nicaraguan cigar brand gives away 40% of its profits to men’s mental health initiatives; hosts events where men can get real about their lives; and encourages intentional discussions about mental health over cigars.
Interview by Boveda’s Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
Highlights Include:
00:24 How did the League of Fat Bastards Cigars get its name?
00:45 Creating space for men to chew the fat
01:23 Organize cigar events with celebs and athletes to normalize mental health struggles
01:47 LOFB Cigars gives back 40% of profits to men’s mental health groups
02:15 Using cigar smoking as therapy
03:10 Living in London in the heyday of Cuban Cigars
03:34 Adam Levine had a severe mental breakdown
04:46 Create a movement to help men live their best lives
05:16 Only cigar brand produced over Zoom?
05:51 The Goldilocks cigar blend, Serie L made in Nicaragua
06:40 League of Fat Bastards is an everyman cigar on purpose
07:06 What cigar should your first cigar be?
07:26 Discover the joy of cigars and provide an opportunity for men to open up emotionally
09:20 Why did this happen FOR me?
10:56 LOFB Cigars packaged with Boveda
11:50 Reusing Boveda packets from cigar boxes
12:22 Keeping cigars at the perfect humidity maintains their condition
13:13 If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988
