The biggest cigar in the world is back! To protest the executive order issued by Orange County Mayor Richard T. Crotty that prohibits tobacco use in any workplace or public area on or in county property, Corona Cigar Co. has put the largest cigar in the world on display. I ran into this mammoth stick at Cigar Expo in Pennsylvania back in June.
Jeff Borysiewicz brought the cigar, manufactured by Gran Robusto, back to Orlando, Florida from the IPCPR show in New Orleans. According to a statement by Corona Cigar Co.:
The smokable, long-filler Corojo #5 Gran Robusto El Gigante cigar was made in the Danli, Honduras factory of the Gran Habano Cigar Company. It is 19 feet long, three feet in diameter, weighs 1,600 pounds (2,500 pounds, including the case) and includes 16,000 wrapper leaves. The cigar took 20 workers 20 days to make and has a retail value of $200,000. It will be on display through August 29th.
For Borysiewicz, this is a protest against an unconstitutional move by Crotty, and one which both keeps money out of the economy and threatens the jobs of county employees, who are “forced to sign a ‘tobacco free’ affidavit and are permitted to smoke no more than four celebratory cigars per year, or face up to $650 in fines per year or are forced to quit their jobs.”
Borysiewicz says:
“This executive order is a misguided use of the mayor’s power and should be overturned as soon as possible. It goes way beyond the Florida Clean Indoor Air Act’s indoor smoking ban and may well be illegal because of that. Smokers and non-smokers alike should demand that the order be rescinded and that their politicians stop telling them how to live their lives.”
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Tags: cigars, Corona Cigar Company, Florida, Gran Habano, new cigars, Orange County, Orlando, Richard Crotty
