Los Angeles, February 27, 2009 – It’s true: premium cigar sales were down in 2008, but were still quite respectable by historical standards.
Figures released for December 2008 by the Cigar Association of America showed that for the year as a whole, premium cigar imports totaled 271.25 million, down 63.92 million or 19.1%. That’s a significant [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. policy of shunning communist Cuba by imposing a strict trade embargo has failed to prod the island nation toward democracy and should be re-evaluated, according to the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “We must recognize the ineffectiveness of our current policy and deal with the Cuban [...]
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From the latest issue of Cigar Insider by Cigar Aficionado Magazine:
THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE SMOKING BAN TREND COULD BE EASING.
In the past 30 days, lawmakers in three states have made initial moves that would ease smoking bans. A bill in Colorado, which is expected to be introduced shortly, would change the state’s draconian Clean [...]
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Cigar Aficionado Magazine has a very interesting article in there current issue, describing in detail what President Obama should do on the Cuban Embargo issue and why. It’s a very long article but worth a read as it makes a lot of sense.
Perhaps one day we can all enjoy a LEGAL Cuban cigar.
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Superstar Olympic swimmer, Michael Phelps has had a rough week with the release of a photo showing him taking a hit from a bong. But he may have just received some good news, if the report that is now on TMZ’s website is true.
According to TMZ, Gurkha Cigars has sent Michael a letter offering him [...]
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While the nation is pondering the current stimulus bill, a few enlightened lawmarkers have introduced a bill that would allow travel to Cuba for the first time since 1963. While it appears to not address the importing of cigars, or bringing cigars back from a trip to Cuba, this bill does create unrestricted travel to [...]
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