Knowing what you’re talking about isn’t a requirement when you speak in public. Take, for example, a letter that ran in the March 17 edition of the Baltimore Sun, written by two Maryland law students, Avery Blank and Julie Siegel, who work for the Center for Tobacco Regulation.
In the letter, the two [...]
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By Fabiola Moura
Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) — Legislation to end a ban on Americans traveling to Cuba has enough support in the U.S. House of Representatives to win approval by year-end, said Representative Sam Farr, a California Democrat.
The bill to let U.S. citizens resume travel to the Caribbean island except in times of war or cases [...]
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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday that he’s just a governor on a trade mission and carries no message from the U.S. government as he visits Cuba this week. But he does plan to report his impressions to President Barack Obama.
Richardson spoke outside Havana while visiting Ernest Hemingway’s former home, where he donated [...]
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Finally, Nevada lawmakers have gotten something right! They passed a bill that would allow for a exemption to the smoking ban that was recently enacted. The exemption would allow smoking at tobacco conventions, such as the Tobacco Expo, Cigar Aficionado’s Big Smoke and the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association convention.
Not being able to [...]
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Qatar and Cuba on Wednesday launched a joint $75 million project to create a five-star resort on the Caribbean island, officials said.
The gas-rich Gulf state is set to become the first Arab country to invest in Cuba’s booming tourism sector, after representatives inked the deal in Havana.
The 450-room upscale hotel complex is to be built [...]
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Los Angeles, April 21, 2009 – A modest rollback of the Nevada statewide smoking ban won final approval in the state Senate by a 14-6 vote last Friday.
The measure would essentially allow smoking in locations where only adults are present and would specifically allow conventions and trade shows which deal with tobacco products to allow [...]
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Nick Perdomo of Tabacalera Perdomo just published his companies response to the SCHIP tax on cigars, here it is:
Many people are still in the dark on what cigar manufacturers are going to do with this tax. While many in the industry are telling us that most are having price increases on their cigars and passing [...]
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President Obama today lifted the travel and financial restrictions for Cuban Americans visiting family members in Cuba. (Courtesy FoxNews.com)
Our take, a good first step!
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to lift a longstanding U.S. ban on family travel and remittances to Cuba, a senior administration official said Friday, in what could be an opening gesture toward more openness with the Castro regime.
The move will fulfill a campaign promise and follows more modest action in Congress this year to [...]
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Move over, Cancun. Step aside, Acapulco. Another island could soon become the Spring Break Capital of the World.
It may be time to party hearty … in Cuba.
If some U.S. lawmakers are right, American tourists could hit the beach in Cuba, and help defeat [...]
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