Posts under ‘Tobacco News’

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

HAVANA (AP) — An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba’s president Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when parliament meets Sunday.
The end of Castro’s rule - the longest in the world for a head of government - frees his 76-year-old brother Raul to implement reforms [...]