Did you know when Christopher Columbus came to the New World in 1492 he found the natives smoking the leaves of an unfamiliar plant? The natives of South and Central America were essentially smoking an early version of the cigar. They also used the smoke as perfume. Little did Columbus know that when he set [...]
Finally, a break in the seemingly endless barrage of smoking bans across the country! According to The State (Columbia, South Carolina’s newspaper), Columbia’s City Council will vote soon on whether to change its smoking ban law so that cigar bars are exempt. Certain criteria would apply to cigar bars wanting to be covered by the [...]
A tobacco state with a smoking ban? Isn’t that some sort of philosophical oxymoron? Earlier this January, a new North Carolina law that went into effect said the state’s bars, restaurants, and certain “lodging establishments” had to go smoke-free. The new state smoking ban exempts country clubs, nonprofit private clubs, and cigar bars from the [...]
If you live in Colorado and go see a play at the theater, that scene-chewing, cigar-smoking actor better be using a prop! The Colorado Supreme Court recently ruled to keep in place a state ban on smoking ⎯ that applies to theatrical endeavors ⎯ designed to protect the public’s health. Despite a challenge from a [...]
The tobacco industry is undergoing major changes, “including higher taxes, more regulation and a growing number of public-smoking bans that have made the social use of cigars more rare,” says recent story from the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. But one cigar industry executive is taking it all in stride. “I think I would rather be [...]
Do you feel like your rights to smoke a cigar are being trampled? Well, unite fellow cigar aficionados, and consider being part of an organized body who’s fighting for your freedom to do just that, the Cigar Rights of America (CRA).
