Nassau County has begun to make a push to raise the age to purchase tobacco. Currently, NYC and Suffolk County which bookends Nassau both have the purchase age at 21 which Nassau is looking to join. Nassau County Legislature Judy Jacob has stepped up her push enlisting regional health advocate and the lawmaker who passed the measure in Suffolk County. Jacobs a Democrat from Woodbury stood with doctors and representatives from the American Cancer Society […]
The city of Palo Alto is getting ready to make it even tougher for smokers to light up. The new changes will extend the ban to all commercial areas including downtown and the Stanford Shopping Center. The potential new ban could go into effect as soon as tonight when the city council meets to discuss the new extensions. City Councilman Greg Scharff says, “I definitely support it. First of all, it would make enforcement so […]
On Friday, the Rhode Island capital of Providence approved an ordinance that will ban smoking in parks beginning on March 11th. The announcement was made by Mayor Angel Taveras who says the ordinance is part of the city’s ongoing effort to reduce underage smoking and secondhand smoke. This comes despite studies that question the validity of second-hand smoke as reported by Forbes magazine. The ordinance which was introduced in July by City Council President Michael […]
Davidoff of Geneva announces its most luxurious Flagship Store to date in iconic lower Manhattan – New York City Basel/New York, November 2014 – New York will welcome a new “Davidoff of Geneva – since 1911” Flagship Store at the newly renovated Brookfield Place in late spring 2015. Situated on the Hudson River across from the World Trade Center site, Brookfield Place is set to transform lower Manhattan as a premier destination for world-class luxury […]
The Cigar Authority pulls out the crystal ball as we try to predict the Top 10 Cigars by Cigar Aficionado. Join the #1 Cigar Podcast with over 1 million downloads this calendar year as we are joined by Victor Vitale of Legacy Brands. We also have the Classic 3-Way, Cigar News, Old Fart Freddy in the Aging Room and we get Debonaire with Chuck Morrison before taking a trip in to the Asylum. Join one […]
Kafie 1901 Cigars announces the completion of their Connecticut Blend, set to be released in Feb. of 2015. The Kafie Trading Company based out of Miami, Florida is announcing the completion and introduction of their second blend to market under their registered trademark (Kafie 1901 Cigars). The Kafie 1901 Cigars line was created to represent the history of the Kafie Family in Honduras, which spans over 100 years. Three generations of cigar connoisseurs have come […]
Kuuts is a cigar company that not many know of, but it was started by a group of cigar lovers from Spain over 15 years ago. In 2013 they attended IPCPR as a manufacturer for the first time and they made a bit of a splash when they hired John Gonzalez to oversee American operations. John Gonzalez was the Director of Sales for My Father Cigars prior to his Kuuts hiring. Kuuts cigars are manufactured in […]
If at first you don’t succeed try again is the mantra adopted by the Irving City Council who is set to vote tonight on new laws that would ban smoking in parks, game halls and restaurants that still have smoking sections. Over the last few months the City Council has debated and attempted to rewrite the smoking laws since last year when it postponed a vote. During a meeting yesterday the council got in a […]
It’s #ThrowbackThursday and this week we have a picture from the archives of David Garofalo circa 1996 or 1997. There are three gentlemen pictured here and if you can name 2 of the three people we will send you a 3 pack of cigars plus a little swag. It shouldn’t be too difficult, if we wanted to make it overly difficult we would ask for the name of all three gentlemen. To enter leave a […]
This past week on The Cigar Authority we ran through the cigars that we personally thought should have made the Contenders Pack. During the course of the show, David mentioned he felt La Boheme should have been a contender. Realizing I have yet to review the cigar I mentioned on the show that we would take a look at the cigar released at the 2014 IPCPR in Las Vegas. The cigar which is named after […]