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Filed under: CigarsAnother cigar launch at the upcoming RTDA tobacco trade show is the release of the El Rey del Mundo Olividados. The new line is a full-bodied cigar that ...
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Kinky Friedman: Cigar smoking maverick
Editor's note: The following article titled, "The kosher cowboy," by Paul Lester in The Jewish Chronicle (www.thejc.com) sheds light on the life of Kinky Friedman, renaissance man and cigar aficionado. Whether you've seen him on The O'Reilly Factor talking politics, or have enjoyed one of his Kinky Friedman cigars, Kinky's one of the most interesting people in the business. I hope you enjoy the article as much as I did. - G.K.
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Jul-2-2008
"First day" reactions mixed on Iowa's new smoking ban
This AP story in the Chicago Tribune (www.chicagotribune.com) by Amy Lorentzen reports on the reaction to Iowa's newly enacted smoking ban by bar and restaurant owners and thier patrons.
"It's been about 50-50. There have been a lot of people complaining, but there are a lot of people excited about it," said Hutchins, who has worked at the Royal Mile for about five years. "I had a lot of friends who wouldn't come here because it was too smoky."
Across the state, business owners and customers were having similar... more 
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More Tobacco Legislation in the news:
Jul-1-2008 - Dallas under pressure to broaden smoking ban
Jun-25-2008 - Loma Linda passes no tolerance smoking ban
Jun-24-2008 - Santa Monica Cigar Council Considers Smoking Ban in Apts. and Condos
Jun-13-2008 - Japan's Kanagawa region proposes public smoking ban
Jun-11-2008 - PA smoking ban finally becomes law
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Inverse cigar lighting theory (or, putting a foot in your mouth)
Q. I am told that if you toast a cigar properly, then invert the lit end and place it carefully in your mouth and exhale, the cigar will always burn more cool and be much more tasty. (I actually saw this strange practice at Jimenez on the Rambles in Barcelona.) Is there any truth to this?
Thanks,
Jonathan P.
A. If you're saying, take the lit end (the foot), put in your mouth and blow through it towards the head, if I didn't know better I'd say this was a joke someone was playing on you. Even if it's considered a "legitimate" cigar lighting technique among some cigar smokers in Spain, I wouldn't try it. More importantly, it's not necessary.
The tried-and-true technique is to toast the cigar as gently and evenly as possible until the end begins to glow. Don't scorch it! Gently blow on foot of the cigar and turn it to get it glowing evenly across. I usually work from the... ...more
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Anti-smokers: Get off of Hollywood's back
Posted: July 2, 2008, 11:26:00
By Gary Korb
An emaxhealth.com article I came across last week titled "Hollywood Urged To Rid Child Movies Of Smoking" caught my attention for two reasons. First, I'm a movie fanatic, and secondly, I'm sick and tired of special interest groups telling filmmakers how to make movies. According to the lead, one year ago the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) said it would make films marketed to children smoke-free. Here are a few excerpts:
"We are still waiting for Hollywood to do the right thing," state Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., said today. "The MPAA must act now to protect children from the harmful influence of movie stars smoking gratuitously on film. We cannot sacrifice the health of another generation through indifference and inaction."
"Research shows that deaths attributable to youth exposure to on-screen tobacco will be greater in the U.S. than drunken driving, drug abuse, criminal violence and HIV/AIDS combined," Commissioner Daines said.
Today the American Medical Association objected that in the new movie "The Incredible Hulk," the character Gen. Thunderbolt Ross, played by William Hurt, is rarely onscreen without a cigar in hand. The PG-13 movie opened on Friday. "This is a bad-guy character, but that's not a justification to portray him as a smoker," Dr. Daines said. "There are plenty of bad guys in the movies who don't smoke." Let's get real. I don't want to see underage kids smoking any more than most reasonable people do. I've got a 10 and a 6 year old, myself. But movies are protected by the First Amendment. Moreover, they reflect society, and like it or not, society has a certain segment of people who smoke. Let's not start prohibiting screenwriters from creating characters who have a proclivity for smoking cigarettes or cigars. If you don't want your child seeing a movie that has characters smoking, don't take your kids to see it. Plus, I wouldn't classify "The Incredible Hulk" as a "child movie." "Mary Poppins" - now that's a child movie.
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