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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My favorite DC tobacco shop, W. Curtis Draper, is having one heck of an event this Thursday, July 22, 2010 from 1:00 PM – 6:30 PM. Meet Guillermo Leon of La Aurora Cigars (the oldest cigar factory in the Dominican Republic) and Nestor Miranda and Rene Castaneda of Miami Cigar & Company. Drapers will feature La Aurora 107 and Nestor [...]
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What’s the best way to show our own soldiers that we support them? Send them some cigars! It might be the only way our heroes can come together to get their minds off of the daunting realities of war. The enjoyment and camaraderie that naturally follow are priceless, as our very own (and former soldier) [...]
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Going to be in Orange County, California this afternoon? Check out a collection of old Corvettes while puffing on a cigar outside Vintage Cigar Lounge in Santa Ana. The event runs from 5 PM to 8 PM and is intended to bring together cars and cigars for a unique occasion. Says John Dade, who owns [...]
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Because of the 75 percent OTP tax that takes effect August 1, 2010, many tobacconists from New York aren’t making the trek out to New Orleans this year. A source close to the market tells me that the New York cigar shops are focused on buying as much product as they can in July, particularly [...]
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Habana Port, soon to be located at 330 Falconer Drive, Suite K, Covington, Louisiana, has been posting blog updates of the entire construction process of their new shop. If you haven’t been over to their blog, I suggest you take a look as their latest post: “shop build out part 4“ is up and they [...]
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Don’t stuff them in your pants! Cigars are meant to be cut, lit and smoked! This is the message that Kenneth Aundra Bolt apparently missed. The homeless man was arrested because he shoved several boxes of cigars down his pants, stolen from G&S Wholesale. It turns out this unusual cigar thief was already wanted in [...]
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I took a shortcut home recently and came across a sign simply stating “cigars” which of course piqued my interest. A few days later I had decided to check it out and I am glad I did. From the outside Maduros cigar and wine bar is nothing more than a store front seemingly hidden on [...]
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Have you heard about that great little cigar shop in East Brunswick, New Jersey? The Cigar Den, run by Mike Beksi, is fantastic place to buy cigars, to light up a smoke, and to relax. It’s a cigar shop with a private lounge and a nicely sized walk-in humidor. Fully equipped with comfy chairs, the [...]
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