We’re still working on choosing a winner for the photo contest we ran with Zivity, but at least we can give you a tease with Trix. The story behind this shot is fascinating. Model: Trix Photographer: chrismaverick Courtesy of Zivity
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Without a Winston Churchill or John F. Kennedy, it seems, cigars will struggle to gain popularity in Lithuania, it’s been lamented. Nonetheless, cigarillo and cigar imports are surging. Last year, 182.6 million cigarillos were imported into Lithuania, up from a meager 4.6 million in 2008. Yet, cigar smokers comprise only 2 percent of the population. [...]
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There are only eight more days until the official launch date, and you too can go out and pick up some Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary smokes! The Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary cigar will be released nationwide on Friday July 30, 2010 and will be available in four sizes: Corona Gorda, Robusto, Toro and Torpedo. Earlier [...]
When I first spoke with Zivity about running a photo contest for Cigar Reader, I was thinking about the photos themselves. It didn’t occur to me at the time that there would be a unique story behind each of the 11 submissions. The message below comes from Zivity user and photographer chrismaverick, who submitted the [...]
Continue reading about Behind the Scenes: Zivity and Cigar Reader Photo Contest
It’s a shocking thought, right? Most people who are anti-smoking seem to be singularly focused on taking our rights away from us. Since they don’t like smoking, the thinking goes, we shouldn’t be allowed to do it. Fortunately, there are people out there who are a bit more open-minded. Take Ralph Gardner, Jr., of the [...]
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Today is the third annual “Smoke a JJ for JJ Day.” Light up a Series JJ cigar, made by My Father Cigars, and light it up in memory of “Little Robusto,” son of Stogie Review’s Jerry Cruz who passed away due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Today, Barry at A Cigar Smoker wants you to [...]
