Los Angeles, October 13 – Davidoff of Geneva is expected to announce its first major acquisition in years today with the purchase of Camacho Cigars.
It’s a unique move for Davidoff, which has previously only absorbed brands – Avo and The Griffin’s – that were made by its cigar-production partner, Hendrik Kelner. Now, it will add [...]
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Los Angeles, August 20 – The Cigar Rights of America Freedom Tour has begun in a big way, with a heavily-attended opening at Hudson Terrace in New York City on Tuesday night.
The tour is designed to promote membership in CRA, designed as a grass-roots voice for cigar smokers to have impact as heavier taxes and [...]
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Well that’s what one politician in California wants to do! Bernard Parks, the former chief of police in Los Angeles, has introduced legislation that would criminalize smoking just about anywhere….on the golf courses, in smoking lounges….everywhere!
Read the whole sad story here, courtesy of CigarCyclopedia!
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This is still a free country, right? Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to more closely regulate the wages that firms pay workers and to more strictly regulate tobacco products by putting them under FDA supervision.
The Los Angeles City Council also approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a [...]
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Seems like Congress may be intent on banning all smoking products in the future. Kind of takes us back to those good ‘ol days of the Prohibition, when the government banned all alcohol products! That would mean we are actually regressing as a nation wouldn’t it?
What ever happened to the phrase “Land of the Free”? [...]
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Baltimore Health Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein is quoted as saying “These cigars pose every bit of the risk that cigarettes do”. How did this guy get in charge of the health department? Perhaps he is just another political do-gooder or is he just mis-informed, or is he just feeding the residents of Baltimore a pile of [...]
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Seems like our neighbors to the north in Ontario Canada have gotten aboard the “Silly Smoking Law” train!
Starting on June 1st, cigar retailers that have walk in humidors can no longer allow their customers to go in and select their cigars. The customers must first select what cigar they want from a list and then [...]
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We have added a Cigar Video News Feed to our HumidorVault.com website!
We will be adding new cigar news content as soon as it becomes available and we will post here on our blog when new content is available and ready to view.
So, take a look at the new Cigar Video News Feed at HumidorVault.com!
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Is the other shoe now dropping? Well, maybe in the tax happy state of California it is. Assemblyman Jim Beall, a Democrat hailing from San Jose, is proposing a massive 1500% increase on your six pack of beer!
And with Congress ready to reconsider the SCHIP program next year along with the massive taxes it [...]
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With the Presidential race down to 3 candidates….John McCain for the Republicans, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democrats, the question really isn’t “who’s going to win”, but who will be best for the cigar industry?
Over the last 12 months or so, there has been an ever increasing drum beat to tax the cigar [...]
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