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Cigar At Capitol Raises A Stink

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:34:32 +0000

WHEELING – The Ohio County Tobacco Prevention Coalition is disappointed comedian Ron White was permitted to smoke a cigar on stage at the Capitol Theatre during a recent performance. But Denny Magruder, theater manager, said it is not known whether White smoked a real cigar or an electronic cigar during his Jan. 27 act. Currently, electronic cigarettes and cigars are not banned in Ohio County. During a Wheeling-Ohio County ... Jump to full article >>

Cigar sellers seek smoking ban exemption

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:29:07 +0000

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Business owners battled public health officials at the Capitol Thursday over a bill to change the state’s smoking ban. The proposed law would create an exemption for cigar smokers by allowing smoking lounges in bars, restaurants and tobacco shops. The exemption would not allow cigarette smoking in any of the lounges. Tobacco shop owners would have to pay $5,000 for a license; restaurant or bar owners ... Jump to full article >>

Judge says no to smoking in Nebraska cigar bars and hotels

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:51:01 +0000

So long, cigar bars and hotel smoking rooms. Maybe. A Lincoln judge has ruled that certain exceptions to the statewide smoking ban — specifically those that allow smoking in cigar bars, tobacco stores and some hotel rooms — are unconstitutional special treatment for those businesses. The finding likely will be appealed as early as Thursday. “I’m just confident that will be the case,” said Omaha Sen. ... Jump to full article >>

Senate group proposes ban on cigar-rolling papers, also known as ‘blunt wraps’

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:24:37 +0000

BOISE — Cigar connoisseurs don’t want pot smokers operating under their guise. Legislation introduced Monday in the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee would make that a lot more difficult. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Denton Darrington, R-Declo, would make it unlawful to sell, manufacture or distribute roll-your-own cigar wrappers in Idaho. The proposal would give the wrappers typically called “blunt wraps” the same stat ... Jump to full article >>

Bill would pinch snuff, cigar users with tax

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:12:47 +0000

Pennsylvania remains the only state in the nation that doesn’t tax smokeless tobacco and one of only two that doesn’t tax cigars. Two Democratic lawmakers think it’s time for the state to surrender its membership in that exclusive club. Rep. Eugene DePasquale, D-York, has introduced House Bill 2405 to impose a tax on tobacco products not subject to the state’s tax on cigarettes and cigarillos. His bill wou ... Jump to full article >>

As Habano Cigar Sales Drop, Exiled Smokers Shrug

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:27:37 +0000

On Tuesday afternoon, four Cuban goombahs were halfway into the third round of their daily dominoes game at Macabi Cigar Factory. Heli Montoto slammed one of the white pieces on the table and taunted his partner, Jacinto Perez, “Put on your batteries, man.” The two had already lost two games to Adrian Lopez and Jorge Azze, two other middle-aged, tanned exiles with huge cell phone holsters on their belts. Earlier in t ... Jump to full article >>

Anti-smoking advocates rally at state Capitol

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:06:17 +0000

Smoke-Free Oklahoma and Tulsa restaurant owner Ken Selby held a Capitol press conference Monday to call for abolishing smoke rooms in restaurants and ending smoking in bars. Selby, the owner and operator of Mazzio’s and Oliveto restaurants, said his restaurants saw an increase in business when they went smoke-free a decade ago. “Several years ago and considerably before there were any regulatory laws against smoking i ... Jump to full article >>

Cuba looks to women to boost sagging cigar sales

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:38:34 +0000

Cuba seeks to pitch famous cigars beyond male base With anti-smoking laws and the global recession causing sales to fall, Cuba wants to develop a largely untapped market for its famous cigars — women. Habanos S.A. executives said on Monday sales fell 8 percent to $360 million in 2009, so they have created the Julieta, a smaller, milder version of the Romeo y Julieta cigar, aimed specifically at female smokers. Women now mak ... Jump to full article >>

Bars Push For Smoking Ban Exemption

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:35:03 +0000

A group of bar owners is asking for an exemption from the state’s three-year-old workplace smoking ban. They want state lawmakers to allow bars to pay an annual fee starting at $1,000 to allow smoking in their establishments. Only stand-alone bars — not restaurants — would be able to apply for the exemption. Proposals to create exemptions from the state’s workplace smoking ban have been introduced in each ... Jump to full article >>

Yours for £300: a Sir Winston Churchill cigar butt stubbed out in August 1941

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:35:29 +0000

A half-smoked cigar stubbed out by Sir Winston Churchill in the Second World War is expected to fetch £300 at auction. The 4in long stub was left by the Prime Minister before he dashed off for a Cabinet meeting on August 22, 1941 – the day German troops reached Leningrad. Whitehall valet Nellie Goble found it when cleaning and sent it to a friend, with a note on No10 paper reading: ‘Just a small souvenir to remind yo ... Jump to full article >>