When Carnley turned eighteen and smoked two celebration cigars back-to-back, his fascination with tobacco really took off. Soon after, he joined Cigar Rights of America, the leading lobbying group for the premium cigar business, becoming its youngest member ever.

As a student of the tobacco industry, Cory Carnley has done extensive study and experimentation with a broad range of tobacco products and accessories.

Carnley's expertise with tobacco products includes premium cigars, premium cigarillos, "gas station" cigarillos, cigarettes, pipes, hookah, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, and nasal snuffs.