Jan 31
2012

Cyber-Sales Tuesday: 19th-Century Windsor Cigar Cutter

A 19th-century cigar cutter from Windsor's LL Bedortha is up for grabs on eBay. By Julian McKinley A cigar truck cutter manufactured by LL Bedortha at the end of the 19th Century in Windsor. Windsor's tobacco history is well-documented, and continues ...
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Jan 31
2012

Four charged in robbing, beating clerk over cigar to face court

By Manuel Gamiz Jr., Of The Morning Call Four people charged in the attack and robbery of a Bethlehem convenience store clerk after an argument over the price of a cigar gave up their right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Justin M. Stahley, 23, ...
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Jan 31
2012

Jungle Smokes Launches New Online Store for Affordable, High-Quality Honduran

If you want to buy cigars online, it's more of a gamble, since you cannot smell them or even inspect the cigars up close. That's one reason we keep our cigar prices low, because we want you to feel comfortable experimenting them.
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Jan 31
2012

Villiger cigar profits up

Lucerne-based cigar company Villiger weathered the strong franc last year, booking 220 million francs in revenue. The company sold 1.3 billion cigars, 30 percent more than in 2010. Villiger's German subsidiary saw revenue higher by 25 percent, ...
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Jan 31
2012

Don't go to Ryleigh's cigar social expecting to smoke indoors

By Erik Maza The Baltimore Sun On February 1, Ryleigh's Oyster is throwing a cigar social that at first seems in blatant violation of the Maryland indoor smoking bar. The promotional ad features a slender stogie atop a glass of whiskey and promises ...
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Jan 31
2012

Eddie Ortega, President of EOBrands, Resigns

Eddie Ortega, the man behind such boutique cigars as 601, Cubao and Murcielago, has stepped down as president of EOBrands Inc. and left his partnership with Eric Espinosa in order to strike out on his own. Ortega told Cigar Aficionado that he will be ...
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Jan 31
2012

Indianapolis Council Passes Smoking Ban, Mayor Vows Veto

(The ban exempts cigar bars, tobacco shops, hookah bars and some private fraternal organizations.) The council's 19 yea votes, which took place less than a week before Indianapolis plays host to Super Bowl XLVI, fall one short of the 20 needed to ...
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Jan 31
2012

21 Degrees Cigar & Accessories opens Rocky Patel lounge to

Scottsdale's 21 Degrees Cigar & Accessories is opening up their Rocky Patel Cigar Lounge to all customers purchasing a cigar on weekdays from 10 am - 5 pm.
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Jan 31
2012

Cocktails and cigars promise to warm the winter and spring nights at Bespoke

Or sought somewhere to enjoy the finest samples of the cigar-maker's art? Ever fancied yourself as a mover and shaker in the world of top-class cocktails? Or sought somewhere to enjoy the finest samples of the cigar-maker's art?
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Jan 31
2012

Top 10 UK Cigar bars

With the introduction of the smoking ban in 2007, they seem an unlikely trend, but cigar bars are booming in the UK right now. Offering a legal destination for cigar lovers to indulge their hobby in comfort, these COSAs (Comfortable Outdoor Smoking ...
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Jan 31
2012

Mike Ditka's Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund Hosts Three Online Super Bowl

(2) tickets to Diamond Crown Cigar Bar Party - DONATED BY DIAMOND CROWN CIGARS - The party will take place on Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 1pm - 4pm, featuring an unreleased Diamond Crown Gridiron Greats Cigar. Tickets are inclusive of food, ...
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Jan 31
2012

Cigar Spirits: Van Winkle Special Reserve Bourbon

It has the depth of flavor to stand up to even the most full-bodied cigar. So if you're on the waiting list for the older and rarer Pappys, you could do far worse than the Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year Bourbon. It's one of those special spirits ...
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Jan 30
2012

New Padrón 60 Ring No 4 | News & Features | Cigar Aficionado

Padrón Cigars Inc. is adding a size called the No. 4 to its immensely popular and highly rated Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series of cigars.
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Jan 30
2012

New Padrón Anniversary—60 Ring No. 4

Padrón Cigars Inc. is adding a size called the No. 4 to its immensely popular and highly rated Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series of cigars. But unlike Cuban cigars bearing that name, which are diminutive petit coronas measuring 5 1/8 inches long by 42 ...
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Jan 30
2012

Cigar and Bourbon pairing dinner at The MarkShilo Hotel Portland

If you are a cigar smoker who likes great spirits, good food, a hospitable staff and politely gregarious company in a gracious room, there's a place.
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Jan 30
2012

Cigars, Pizza Puttanesca and A Dangerous Method

Naturally, a movie about Freud and Jung required dinner in a cigar bar, but campaigners for a smoke-free St. Louis have stamped out such delights. In St. Louis, one can no longer enjoy an after-dinner cigar in the same restaurant where one has just ...
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Jan 30
2012

Governor's proposal to raise tobacco sales tax ruffles sellers

O'Malley's proposed $35.9 billion budget for fiscal 2013 would raise the 15 percent excise tax on cigars, smokeless tobacco and other noncigarette tobacco items to 70 percent. The proposed tax increase would raise the price of a $1.49 cigar to about ...
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Jan 30
2012

Address Hotel opens new lounge

Leading five-star premium hotel, The Address Downtown Dubai, has opened The Cigar Lounge, which has a stylish ambience that is heightened by strains of jazz and lounge music. Philippe Zuber, general manager, The Address Downtown Dubai, said: “The Cigar ...
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Jan 30
2012

Campaign cash means trips, meals and golf for some candidates

Sweeney used some of the money he raised to buy expensive cigars for acquaintances. Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo used campaign funds to pay for hundreds of meals, dozens of golf games, a flight to Puerto Rico and even repairs to his bicycle ...
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Jan 30
2012

Commentary: Do You Need a Favorite Cigar?

Years ago, I overheard a gentleman make a wise statement in a cigar shop that has stuck with me ever since. “The best cigar is the cigar you like the best,” he said. What a wonderfully simple (and true) declaration. So many people choose to smoke ...
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Jan 30
2012

Warmer winter helping some businesses make money

The wind is no friend to cigar aficionados, but warm weather is. With temperatures up this winter, that's helping a cigar shop's bottom line. "Typically its the spring and summer when we are getting a lot of business," said Gordon Crippen, ...
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Jan 29
2012

Alabama distributor accused of cigar tax evasion | al.com

AP Breaking News & Headlines. Find the latest national, world and local AL news from the Associated Press. Get top news stories on Weather, Politics, Sports, ...
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Jan 29
2012

Smoke & Ale

Smoke and Ale is Nashville's best cigar shop. We carry a large assortment of foreign and domestic beers, cigars, humidors, pipes, tobacco and smoking ...
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Jan 28
2012

Bad habit becomes hot topic

Cigars pose as lightly lower risk because they aren't inhaled and don't carry the same type of additives that cigarettes do. But there are other risks that one doesn't think about, like the risk of setting yourself on fire. Because cigar smoking is ...
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Jan 28
2012

Alabama distributor accused of cigar tax evasion | The Montgomery

State officials announced the indictment Wednesday of the owner of a wholesale distribution company on charges of not paying taxes on cigar sales, and they ...
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Jan 27
2012

Habanos cigar sales drop in 2011

Apparently struck by the economic crisis in Europe, revenues of Habanos SA dropped 10.3 percent in 2011, despite a 4-percent rise in sales of Cuban luxury cigars outside the European Union last year, Imperial Tobacco Ltd. said in its 2011 annual ...
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Jan 27
2012

The Biggest Bet in Sports

... help you wager correctly and win money on the Super Bowl. What's the secret to wagering your money correctly on the Super Bowl? Find out by reading the full version of this article in the February issue of Cigar Aficionado magazine, on newsstands now.
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Jan 27
2012

Cigar Sandwiches? The Dinner Party Reveal's Its Second Dish

Blogging for Fear No Art Chicago, Sawyer J. Lahr reveals the second Homaro Cantu dish being served at The Dinner Party, happening the last Monday of every month starting Jan 30th at the Mayne Stage in Rogers Park.
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Jan 27
2012

Lawmakers & Health Groups Advocate Increasing The Md. Cigar

Maryland smokers brace for another tax hike, this time on products other than cigarettes.
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Jan 27
2012

BestCigarPrices.com Rallying Cigar Enthusiasts To Oppose New

After one branch of the U.S. government nearly declared pizza sauce a vegetable, another branch is issuing new tobacco regulations that are vexing the cigar.
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Jan 27
2012

May Fair hotel boosts cigar bar trend

The May Fair Hotel in London is opening The Cigar Room this Spring, tapping into a growing UK trend for cigar bars and terraces. Working in collaboration with Cuban cigar importer Hunters & Frankau, the May Fair will offer guests an extensive range of ...
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Jan 27
2012

Close but no cigar for Hoosiers again: Indiana basketball falls to Wisconsin

Indiana's Derek Elston, right, tries to shoot against Wisconsin's Ryan Evans during the Badgers' 57-50 victory. / ANDY MANIS/AP MADISON, WIS. — Indiana University's basketball team was close on the road again. But close isn't cutting it for a team ...
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Jan 27
2012

Cigar City creates website for Hunahpu's Day | Alan Shaw | Ticket

Beer Geek, Nightlife | Everything you need to know about the once-a-year release of their heralded imperial stout made with cocoa and chilies.
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Jan 27
2012

BestCigarPrices.com Stands to Save the Cigar Industry From FDA

BestCigarPrices.com Stands to Save the Cigar Industry From FDA Regulation. Leading online cigar distributor urges cigar enthusiasts to petition against ...
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Jan 27
2012

Give That Team a Nat Sherman Cigar « Faith and Fear in Flushing

Give That Team a Nat Sherman Cigar. by Greg Prince on 23 January 2012 9:42 am. Fine Sunday night for Cousin Harvey's favorite football team. Satisfying ...
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Jan 27
2012

Lawmakers & Health Groups Advocate Increasing The Md. Cigar Tax

The tax applies to all cigars. And the same holds true for anybody who likes to chew or dip or stick little packs of tobacco between their gums and lip. “I imagine everyone's here because of the public health side of the story,” Maryland's Lt. Gov.
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Jan 26
2012

BestCigarPrices.com Rallying Cigar Enthusiasts To Oppose New Restrictions On

After one branch of the US government nearly declared pizza sauce a vegetable, another branch is issuing new tobacco regulations that are vexing the cigar industry. Not that tobacco- and pizza-related issues should be even slightly similar but the ...
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Jan 26
2012

José Seijas Leaves Altadis

José M. Seijas, the man who has run Altadis USA Inc.'s most important cigar factory for more than three decades, has stepped down from the company. Seijas served as vice president and general manager of Tabacalera de Garcia Ltd. in La Romana, ...
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Jan 26
2012

Cigar wholesaler indicted on tax evasion, forgery charges

Khan is the owner and president of Capital Wholesale Distribution, a cigar wholesale company located on Old Montgomery Highway in Pelham. Khan has been accused of evading paying taxes each month from February 2008 through April 2010, ...
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Jan 26
2012

Pelham cigar distributor indicted for tax evasion

The owner of a wholesale distribution company in Pelham that operates statewide has been indicted on charges accusing him of not paying state taxes on large amounts of cigars sold in Alabama. According to the Associated Press, State Revenue ...
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Jan 26
2012

Valrico Dentist Heads to Court Over Neighbor's Cigar Smoke

Dr. Edmund Rahal said he's losing patients due to his new next-door neighbor, Twisted Cigar. By D'Ann White Dentist Ed Rahal said smoke permeates the walls of his dental office from the Twisted Cigar shop next door. In the 23 years Dr. Edmund Rahal has ...
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Jan 26
2012

'Incredibly Close' but no cigar

By Liz McGovern "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" is based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer. Photo via Paramount Pictures. Most stories about 9/11 cover the national tragedy from the perspective of the day it happened.
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Jan 26
2012

Close, but no cigar: <i>Albert Nobbs</i>

by Tricia Olszewski Albert Nobbs has for nearly three decades been Glenn Close's passion project — ironic, then, that it completely lacks passion. Close stars as the titular character, a woman passing as a male waiter at an upscale hotel in ...
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Jan 26
2012

Cigar Review: Tatuaje Havana Cazadores

The other day I was browsing our cigar reviews archive and discovered something that surprised me. Despite well over 500 reviews, my colleagues and I have never written a full review of a cigar from the original (brown label) Tatuaje Cabinet line.
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Jan 26
2012

BU Men close but no cigar

ALBANY, NY Gerardo Suero scored a game-high 25 points and host Albany (13-9, 5-3 AE) hit six free throws in the final 1:01 to fend off pesky Binghamton (0-20, 0-8 AE) 74-66 Wednesday night from SEFCU Arena. Suero, the nations fourth-leading scorer, ...
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Jan 26
2012

Cigar reports continue: Two Virginia sightings add to testimony

Two additional reports of an east coast cigar-shaped object were reported following five similar reports from the same region in January, according to January 25, 2012, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
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Jan 26
2012

Last updated at 12:25 AM on 26th January 2012

And so, the Young Women's Republican Club of Milford set to have a night like no other in May of 1941, indulging in traditionally male pastimes like cigar smoking, poker playing, and wrestling. The night confused the majority of Milford's male ...
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Jan 25
2012

Alabama distributor accused of cigar tax evasion

By PHILLIP RAWLS AP The owner of a wholesale distribution company in Pelham has been indicted on charges accusing him of not paying state taxes on large amounts of cigars sold in Alabama. State Revenue Commissioner Julie Magee announced the indictment ...
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Jan 25
2012

Certainties and Bets of a Cuban Cigar Man

25 de enero de 2012, 14:28Pinar del Río, Cuba, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) Far from expressing any vanity, Hector Luis Prieto, the worldâ�Ös youngest Habano Man (the Cuban cigar is called an "Habano), says he feels optimistic about the results of the ...
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