Posted on 03/24/2013 6:06:43 PM PDT by markomalley
Nearly four years after it began regulating cigarettes, the Food and Drug Administration is poised to extend its reach to a broader range of tobacco products. At the top of that list: cigars, which have experienced a boom in recent years even as cigarette sales have declined, in part because of growing popularity among young people.
Anti-tobacco advocates and industry representatives widely expect the agency to require changes in the marketing and manufacturing of cigars. But the central question remains: What kind of cigars will the FDA target, and how?
On one end of the spectrum are the hand-rolled Cohibas and Arturo Fuentes that stock the humidors of high-end cigar shops and are favored by aficionados who don’t blink at paying top dollar. On the other are the convenience-store brands that appeal primarily to young smokers, such as 59-cent blueberry Swisher Sweets, peach-flavored White Owl Cigarillos, Phillies Blunts Sour Apple and menthol Cheyenne “little cigars” that are barely distinguishable from cigarettes.
Public health experts and some anti-tobacco lawmakers are pressing the FDA to regulate all cigars, but they mostly worry about the inexpensive, flavored varieties that have proliferated in recent years. Such cigars “are marketed aggressively and have resulted in high school kids and young adults being twice as likely as their older counterparts to be cigar smokers,” the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids said in a recent report.
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I bought a bunch of old cigar presses the last time I was in New Orleans. I may be tempted to put them to a use other than wall hangings if things turn sour.
I am so tired of this liberal invocation of nanny state-ism. I have been spending some time in Northern Luzon, which has huge tobacco growing enterprises, results from the Spanish. Copenhagen ran out and is 9.20USD a can in Manila. The local commercial hand rolled from Tabacalera are nice smokes and a great value by US pricing, however I found hand rolled panatellas in a market where I buy them in a bundle of 50 for about a penny a piece. Expat is starting to come to my lips these days. I miss my hunting and fly fishing and the geography of the USA, but am so disappointed in the political crap and liberals in general.
An acceptable cigar will cost between $5 to $10 which can account for a steep excise tax.
Its the soil, climate and seed and of course some sweet senoritas to roll em on their thighs. Otherwise you will might as well buy a White Owl at the 7-11.
When the pensions stop coming. Meanwhile, just keep bending over.
Pretty much, except almost all machine made cigars contain a variety of added chemicals like cigarettes do. There used to be a small number of machine made brands that contained 100% tobacco with no additives.
It's also a question of just nicotine delivery versus the pleasurable experience.
And then there's the taxes thing.
Not to worry, the last thing I’m burning will be a store-bought machine made. Muchly prefer the hand-rolled from DR.
I have had a box of small machine mades, from a small maker in DR that I personally know, that uses their own 100% cigar tobacco from their hand roll trimmings and that has no chemical. The catch is I have to buy them at the Santiago factory as they are mostly local consumed.
Nanny State PING!
Thanks for the ping!
No, that would imply there is freedom in this nation that was founded on that principle.
how did you like the macanudo golds? I bought some rocky patel cigars from http://www.seriouscigars.com/Rocky-Patel_Cigars_list You might try those too before we get taxed to death on everything!
lets hope so I hear she likes a large ring gauge!
Man I never realized that it was that easy to get tobacco to grow. Now To find a Cuban Roller and some cuban seed!
Then there's E-Cigs.
I think http://www.thompsoncigar.com/ is the oldest you can actually see on their wiki page that they are one of the oldest mail order companies in the USA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Cigar
I personally like http://www.seriouscigars.com they have a good selection and availability is good they ship promptly. They also will throw a humidification pillow in the box to keep the cigars moist.
http://www.cigarsinternational.com/ is another one I have purchased from and had a good experience.
I prefer serious but I think that’s just cause I have dealt with them the most.
I wonder what brand Chuck’s beard smokes!
Wonder where that cigar is nowadays. Could get quite a price at auction.
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