Today’s review was requested by a listener of the show in Pennsylvania, and when he asked if I ever smoked one, my answer was no and that I never heard of it. So thankfully Vince Hillenbrand was nice enough to send me a few samples. So without knowing much about the company, today we take look at the cigar. Cigar: La Pluma Origin of Species Size: 5 x 50 (Robusto) Wrapper: Nicaragua Jalapa Binder: Dual: San Andreas & Nicaragua […]
The city of Hammond, Louisiana became the 9th in the state to ban smoking in bars and gaming halls following a 4-1 vote by the City Council on Tuesday night. The law goes into effect in 90 days and adds hospitality business previously excluded under state law. The one vote against came from Councilman Jason Hoot who believes that it isn’t the governments place to tell business owners how to run their business. Sadly, his […]
Fayetteville, Arkansas is under fire from Smoke Free Fayetteville who is look to ban smoking at bars. According to Page Daniel of Smoke Free Fayetteville, “You have the college student or your young professionals who say it is so frustrating to go home and have to wash my hair, I have to wash my clothes because they reek of smoke but I wanna see my friends and that’s where my friends are.” But according to […]
A.J. FERNANDEZ TO RELEASE NEW WORLD CONNECTICUT (Miami, Florida) April 22, 2015— A.J. Fernandez Cigars, known for producing consistently highly rated cigars is set to release the exceedingly anticipated New World Connecticut. The unique blend was created after the overwhelmingly positive response from the public and critics alike, when New World was unveiled at the 2014 IPCPR. The New World went on to attain the honor of Number 1 Cigar in the World 2014 by […]
NAT SHERMAN CELEBRATES 85th ANNIVERSARY WITH DEBUT OF LIMITED EDITION CIGAR NEW YORK, NY (April 21, 2015) – Nat Sherman, tobacconist to the world since 1930, is honored to debut the limited edition Nat Sherman 85th Anniversary cigar, celebrating over eight decades filled with passion and a steadfast commitment to impeccable customer service, employee loyalty and exceptional tobacco products. The Nat Sherman 85th Anniversary cigar will be available beginning late spring of 2015. The Sherman family worked closely with the Quesada family in […]
On Monday the Fortuna City Council will hear a proposal from two high school students that would ban smoking city-wide. This past Monday the two students who are not yet of age to vote addressed the Chamber asking for a smoking ban in city parks and in front of business. The formal proposal will be this coming Monday before the City Council. . The Fortuna City Council will hear a proposal for a city-wide smoking […]
This is the last cigar I will smoke before I go in for surgery on Thursday to have my gallbladder removed. While it is a routine surgery, this could be my very last cigar and until recently I had never seen the 1964 “A” Size. Normally out of my price range I decided to splurge on something that should be memorable. According to Padron, “The Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series line was introduced in 1994 to commemorate our […]
Tonight the Princeton Board of Health is expected to pass passed an ordinance that will change the legal age to purchase tobacco in the college town. Currently in the state of NJ you need to be 19 years old but that will change in the town where it will become illegal to sell to anyone under the age of 21. Princeton joins Bogota, Englewood, Sayreville and Teaneck in a small but growing list of where you need […]
A new ordinance that would ban smoking at bars and clubs is set to go to vote at the city-parish council on May 5th. According to reports Council Chairman Kenneth Boudreux has been working with Grammy Award Winning artist Chubby Carrier along with Tobacco-Free Living to draft an ordinance for the City of Lafayette. If approved the measure would ban the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes in bars and pubs. According to the […]
On May 7 at 9am the Town of Eastham will be holding a hearing on possible changes to the current Board of Health Tobacco Regulations. The draft of the changes will be discussed at a Board of Health Workshop set to take place at the Eastham Town Hall on 2500 State Highway. The proposed changes will change the definition of tobacco products to include non-regulated nicotine delivery products, minimum cigar package size and price, the […]