Posted in cigar, united states, tagged cigar, cigarrette, tobacco, united states on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Altria, the world’s largest tobacco company, has begun to enjoy cigars. Is it a sign of the future? The owner of Marlboro, L&M, Parliament and Virginia Slims brands announced that it would buy John Middleton, Inc., makers of Black & Mild cigars for $2.9 billion in cash.
Middleton’s operating revenues are expected to reach $360 million on [...]
Posted in cigar, united states, tagged cigar, clinton, Leibovitz, oval office, united states, washington on October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Washington.- When photographer Annie Leibovitz met President Clinton in the Oval Office in January 1993, he was smoking a cigar. She asked if she could photograph him with the cigar: “Not in your wildest dreams,” he said.
“The cigar became famous later,” said Leibovitz. The resulting photograph shows the young president standing beside his desk in [...]
Posted in cigar, politics, taxes, united states on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
President Bush vetoed a bill seeking to add $35 billion to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) [complete article in Cigar Aficionado], but the SCHIP program is still running.
This bill, financed by taxes on tobacco products, including a big increase in the tax on cigars to $3 each, has been spurred by proponents of children’s health [...]
Posted in cigar, united kingdom, tagged cigar, Hamlet on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The first victim of the british anti-tobacco law is a legendary low profile cigar. The factory that has been making Hamlet cigars for 100 years is to close. Hamlet cigars won iconic status with their adverts carrying the slogan “Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet”, The theme was: All your troubles will be forgotten with a [...]
Posted in cigar, cuba, habano on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Puting the focus on the money is another way to see it. And to fight against the embargo. A report by the U.S. International Trade Commission showed that a lift on the Cuban trade embargo would allow American farmers to supply more than half of Cuba’s agricultural products and provide Americans with Cuban imports such as Cuban [...]
