Cigar Beat Blog

CAO released these videos to create a buzz about a new cigar they are coming out with at IPCPR. Reminds me of a bad porno film if you ask me. Enjoy

Part 1

Part 2

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Wow, never seen this happen before. Story from kob.com

An Albuquerque city councilor now says his proposal for a complete indoor smoking ban, including in cigar bars, went too far.

Councilor Michael Cadigan says he was trying to protect businesses in strip malls that sit next door to cigar and smoke shops. He also wanted to discourage hookah bars from setting up shop in Albuquerque.

Cadigan says hookah bars only encourage a younger crowd to pick up the smoking habit. Additionally, he says businesses around smoke shops have to deal with second-hand smoke.

The councilor says he has decided to drop the smoking ban proposal after it received an unenthusiastic response. (Read more)

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I just don’t get it.

Reported at The Vancouver Sun:

Something new — a piece of cloth — veils a contentious product in the hand of a wooden Indian statue in the Pacific Cigar store in downtown Vancouver.

Cigar stores have long used statues of native people wearing feathered headdresses to advertise their tobacco-based wares.

But the life-sized cigar store Indian statue in the Waterfront Centre is close to outliving its usefulness — and not just because it’s an affront to modern racial sensitivities.

Since Monday, retailers open to children or minors in B.C. have been prohibited by new provincial legislation from displaying or promoting tobacco products.

So the Pacific Cigar store is hiding the fake cigars being held by its cigar store Indian. They’ve also removed the cigars held by the statue of a waiter.

“A lot of people come in and ask if we are open or not. We don’t look like we are open. You can’t see what we are selling.“

“It sucks,” said Mark Schoonheijt, a 56-year-old cigar lover who walked into Pacific Cigar, wondering if the new-look store was closing down.

Lim expects that her sales could decline by up to 20 per cent.

Tobacco products can be sold in B.C. — but not seen.

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Here is you chance to quickly help Australian cigar smokers. I have always been known to help my Aussie friends even if the water does run backwards there.

The Australian Cigar Association has been formed to lead the way against the continued encroachment on the personal freedom to smoke and enjoy cigars. The ACA will propose changes to the local, state and federal laws to return the personal rights that cigar smokers have had until July 2007.

They ask that all cigar smokers to please fill out the survey, whether you are from Australia or somewhere else - YOUR INFORMATION WILL HELP!!! This information will be used to build the statistical information they need to prove to lawmakers that they are a political force.

Cigars = bad movie ratings, 9/11, Smokers Win One-For Now,

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