‘Industry News’ Archives
LA Passes Smoking Ban In Outdoor Dining Areas »
CIGAR RIGHTS OF AMERICA 10533 Main Street, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, U.S.A. *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* Date: January 20, 2010 Los Angeles City Council Passes Smoking Ban In Outdoor Dining Areas - CRA Successfully Negotiated Several Exemptions - Fairfax, VA – After a lengthy process of negotiations and deliberations, the Los Angeles City [...]
Welcome to La Casa De La Habana »
La Casa De La Habana, a Michigan-based cigar retailer, opened its biggest venue yet in Harmonie Park in Detroit's historic cultural district at 1502 Randolph, Detroit. This new 7,000-square-foot facility, spread over two floors, has cigars, an accessories store, wine retail operation and a VIP cigar club......Source: Michigan Business A 7,000 [...]
Tiger Woods promoting cigars? »
Online news sources are reporting Central Florida's largest and most exclusive premium cigar retailers Corona Cigar Company, has offered Tiger Woods a sponsorship in return for $100,000. Although sponsors are beginning to "phase him out" of ad campaigns, not all future endorsements are "up in smoke". Jeff Borysiewicz, president and [...]
Arnie better be careful! »
November 16th, 2009, 02:11 PM | California SAN BERNARDINO - Smokers just can't catch a break. San Bernardino became the latest California city to restrict tobacco use Monday when the City Council voted unanimously to ban smoking in city parks. The law is scheduled to go into effect in 30 days. Lighting up can earn smokers a $100 fine after the [...]
Who is Kinky Friedman! »
I haven't talked about Cigar History in the making Kinky Friedman, in a very long time! And for those newbies to the cigar community the "Who's Who" of cigar celebrity is none other than good ole Kinky Friedman. Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman (born October 31 or November 1, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, [...]
A bit of News and a little Cigar history…. »
an interesting article from Cigar Rights of America - yet another "No Smoking in the Park" ban, this time proposed by the most Honorable Mayor Bloomberg of New York. By Theodore J. King, CRA Guest Columnist New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is now proposing banning smoking in city parks. There was a poll in New York Newsday about this [...]
Drugs Paraphanelia and Cigars..damn skippy »
and they definitely don't belong in the same ordinance.... Posted today on CRA's blog by CRA Executive Director J. Glynn Loope, an alarming article which states "There is more trouble in Washington , DC , but this time it's a few blocks from Capitol Hill. It's in the Washington , DC City Council chambers." The elite group of 5 city council [...]
IPCPR it’s a wrap? »
that's all folks.... IPCPR and the largest retailer cigar tradeshow came and went - new cigars made their debut, soon to be in a cigar shop near you! Apparently, the headliners were Camacho's Room 101, which is a collaboration between Camacho Cigars and Room 101. The wrapper is an exclusive Semilla 101 which is made only for the [...]
“People please view us as Cigar Culturalists” »
“The cigar continues to have a unique place in the hearts of a lot of men,” .....said Norm Sharp, president of the Cigar Association of America, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group of distributors and manufacturers.“There are a lot of aficionados out there.” Mr. Sharp, we've had this conversation before...There are a lot of Aficionada [...]
its that time again – the Annual IPCPR in New »
not on location.... but at the convention in spirit It's that time again, for the largest annual cigar trade show - Starting Sunday, the 77th annual International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Trade Show will take place in New Orleans. Among the many new releases which are expected by cigar manufacturers, is The Red Lion, by a [...]
