Watch this video to see what was on the minds of the people in the cigar industry in regards to our rights to smoke and the work the Cigar Rights of America is doing.
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This dispatch is from Barry Stein, of A Cigar Smoker, delivered from the floor of IPCPR. Check back throughout the day and week for more. The Cigar Rights of America panel at the IPCPR show was actively followed, according to the buzz on Twitter, and our correspondent on the floor of the show, A Cigar [...]
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This is the first in a series of dispatches that Barry Stein, of A Cigar Smoker, will deliver from the floor of IPCPR. Check back throughout the day and week for more. According to Barry, IPCPR in New Orleans on the first day is a “who’s who” of the cigar industry. The hot spot so [...]
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Mayor Julian Castro, of San Antonio, Texas, is seeking to close exemptions o the city’s existing smoking ban. San Antonio is already 97 percent smoke-free, and according to the latest CRA Action Alert, “restaurants with enclosed smoking sections and separate ventilation, bars, pool and bingo halls and comedy clubs are exempt.”
Continue reading about San Antonio Seeks Remaining 3% of Smoking Spots
The proposed Savannah, Georgia smoking policy clearly lacks common sense. Well, all smoking bans do – it’s far better to let a business choose whether to allow smoking – but the situation in Forrest Gump’s town is particularly menacing. Mayor Otis Johnson wants to ban smoking in bars and restaurants … and cigar smokers are [...]
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America has a tough job – there’s no doubt about it. The organization has to defend the rights of cigar smokers, a group generally reviled by non-smokers and small enough that it can’t marshal the resources to defend itself effectively. The cigar industry is not a rich one, and the challenges we face come from [...]
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Hey, New Yorkers: do you like being able to light up a cigar in the city’s parks? I do. I’ll smoke one while hanging out in Central Park, and I used to have (more than) one while writing in Madison Square Park. The prospect of an outdoor smoking ban is back, according to the latest [...]
Continue reading about Bloomberg Wants to Ban Smoking in New York City Parks
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Continue reading about New York Tobacconists Speak Out about OTP Tax Increase Proposal, Part III
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Continue reading about New York Tobacconists Speak Out Against Increased OTP Tax
