Foreign Clubs

CIPC was founded in 1970 by - amongst others - Pierre-G. Müller (CH) - now an honorary member of the CIPC - and the late André-Paul Bastien (F).
 
The CIPC is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to bring together National Clubs from countries all over the world in order to establish friendly ties of mutual understanding between them, to help in their development and to organize regularly scheduled large international meetings (from the Statutes).
 
At the moment, the CIPC is uniting the following countries:

Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hong Kong
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Mexico (Click to visit website)
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Slovakia
Switzerland
Sweden
USA
Taiwan
Additional contacts: Rumania, Israel

The Board of Management consists of 6 members: 4 vice-presidents (CH, DK, J, USA), a secretary-general (A), a treasurer (F) and a president (NL, not representing NL in CIPC).

World Slow Smoke Competitions

International championships are held every year. 

Every 4 years as the World Championship. Also every 4 years, but two years shifted from the WC, is the
European Championship. Every odd year in between, is the World Cup for club teams.

Below are a list of past events and links to additional information where available.