The new Cigar Inn in Manhattan officially opened for business on December 2 as owners (and brothers) Billy, Gus and Bass Fakih cut the ribbon to the shop, welcoming in a crowd of about 50 patrons and friends. The upscale cigar store, located on Second Avenue between East 53rd and 54th streets, contains the world’s first [...]
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Rich Perlman over at CigarCylopedia, wrote a funny post about the AMA group that threw a fit over the fact that cigar smoking was shown in the movie….gasp…gasp! Never mind that the character in question has always been in the Hulk movies and comic books for years. Anyway, Rich can explain it better and more [...]
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Despite the fact that our economy seems to be in a funk right now, cigar imports to the U.S. have held remarkably steady, according to data released by the Cigar Association of America.
During the month of April, the U.S. imported 23.86 million for a gain of 1% over April of 2007. For the [...]
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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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Read this courtesy of CigarCyclopedia:
Los Angeles, May 29 – “This isn’t someone coming back with a box of Cohibas. We don’t go after people unless they’re making a lot of money.”
That’s Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Molloy, in an interview with Pat Gillespie of the Florida News-Press, about 68-year-old Douglas Hiner, who was indicted in [...]
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For the first quarter of 2008, imports totaled 51.7 million, down 14.25% from last years totals. The Dominican Republic was the leader with 22.84 million imports into the U.S. with Nicaragua second at 14.6 million cigars and Honduras came in third with 13.66 million cigars. The big three accounted for 98.8% of imports [...]
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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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It’s that time of year again in Cuba! Monday marked the start of the 10th Festival del Habano, Cuba’s “cigar week”. The Festival is important as there are a ton of new product introductions, seminars, contests and visits to the tobacco fields and factories. Kind of like the RTDA show here in [...]
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