This professional certification is designed to serve the hospitality industry, including fine dining establishments, golf/country clubs, casino lounges, and wine/liquor/cocktail bars and stores. The curriculum and final exam is specially tailored to meet the service needs of these businesses and customers.
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Tobacconist University® is the exclusive educational curriculum of the PCA (Formerly IPCPR). Founded in 1933, PCA is the leading advocate and authority for the premium cigar and pipe industry. Retail PCA members can get certified for FREE by Tobacconist University®.
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Tobacconist Tip #385
We use our sense of smell constantly, always checking the air for pollutants, danger and every other possible stimulus. Our arousal to smell is strongest when we first perceive it. We naturally become desensitized after a few minutes of exposure so we can detect changes in our environment; this process is called Sensory Adaptation. This process is exemplified by the strong smell of tobacco we sense when we enter a retail tobacconist and how that diminishes after a few minutes.