r Tobacco and cigar enthusiasts have once again taken it on the chin. I’m sure also the Pleasure Police are smiling at the smoking ban that was passed in Raleigh, NC. This is a terrible defeat as our rights to enjoy a legal product are being taken away. As reported a couple of weeks ago, […]
Last week, the cigar industry in the southeast lost one of its more popular people. Nathan Saab was a cigar rep based in North Carolina. Nathan died on January 24th as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident this past December 13th. When I moved to North Carolina back in 2008, I’ve met […]
The CRA has put out three more petitions on tobacco legislation that is on the books. These petitions are for the states of Minnesota, Florida, and New Mexico. These petitions should only be signed if you are a resident of the state for which the petition is for. While it is very important that we […]
This article I have a link to below says it all. Smoking bans should be decided at the individual business level and not the government level. While I don’t agree with everything they say on second-hand smoke, it’s refreshing to see an editorial taking this particular stand. A government ban is an “usurpation of individual […]
In a move that was not unexpected, Gary Hyams formerly Chairman of CAO Cigars is leaving General Cigars. This move comes just a little over four years he was named to this position. With the departures of President Tim Ozgener and Lifestyle Marketing Director, Jon Huber over the past three months, this has was not […]
For a while I’ve been intrigued with sampling the Paul Garmirian line. Paul Garmirian is a Indie cigar line that tends to fall into the more expensive category when it comes to cigars. At the same time, I have not had a lot of success locating this line of cigars in Charlotte, North Carolina. Upon […]
As mentioned earlier this month, the Avo LE 11 is in the works. I’m going to direct folks to Barry at “A Cigar Smoker’s Journal” as he has a lot of great information on this cigar. As expected, this cigar will be released March 22nd – Avo Uvezian’s 85th birthday. To not steal any thunder, […]
I wanted to think of something special to put up for Post #200 on Cigar Coop. My inspiration for this came from Post #199 – when I discussed how cigar enthusiasts have to deal with substandard conditions on where they can enjoy a cigar. In that post, there was some deliberate wording when I was […]
Recently, I attended one of those “timeshare” tours where I was given a very hard push of a sales pitch to invest in a timeshare vacation property. The end result was that someone was looking at trying to pry $35,000.00 of my hard earned money for the right to enjoy a vacation at one of […]
One reason why I have opted for a “Pre-Review” as opposed to a full review is because there are times I am missing information to do a detailed assessment. My detailed assessments include I liked the cigar or not, but it also includes information about the blend and the vitolas available for the cigar. The […]
