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Cigar World News

• Edgar M. Cullman Sr. Dies at 93; Helped Broaden Cigars’ Appeal
  As a longtime executive at General Cigar Company, Mr. Cullman helped shift the public image of cigars from Edward G. Robinson gangsterism to Steve McQueen cool. […]
• No Cuban Cigars? Q Cigar by Portes Offers an Alternative
  Since Cuban stock can be hard to procure, Q Cigar by Portes has provided an alternative for cigar connoisseurs for nearly 20 years, and it’s Dominican-grown. […]
• In Cuba, Cigar Lovers Are a Lifeline
  The sale of cigars to wealthy foreigners helps bring in hard currency, which the Cuban government desperately needs. […]
• Alejandro Robaina, Grower for Top Cuban Cigars, Dies at 91
  Mr. Robaina achieved cult status among smokers worldwide for the silken leaves that wrapped cigars known for their smoothness and richness. […]
• In Only Bar of Its Kind in City, Haven (or a Hideout) for Smokers
  The Karma Lounge has an exemption from the no-smoking law because it derived at least 10 percent of its income from tobacco products. […]
• CASE STUDY; A Cigar Start-Up Seeks Introductions
  Jane L Levere Case Study column overviews start-up of Miami-based cigar company EPC Cigar Co; photo […]
• Choosing a Marketing Plan: Traditional or Social Media?
  EPC Cigar is focusing on social media to promote the new company and its E. P. Carrillo brand, while building on the family’s cigar-making legacy. […]
• YOU'RE THE BOSS; Social Media Not as Easy As It Looks
  Several marketing and advertising executives comment on social media aspect of EPC Cigar Co's ad campaign […]
• VITAL SIGNS; Hazards: Are Pipe and Cigar Users Blowing Smoke?
  Dr R Graham Barr, Columbia University Medical Center assistant medicine and epidemiology professor, leads study on negative effects of smoking pipes and cigars; research, which is published in Annals of Internal Medicine, finds that while pipe and cigar smokers do not have higher levels of harmful cotinine than cigarette smokers, they are at more than double […]
• Writing a Law to Help Just One Company
  City room blog entry on New York City tobacconist Nat Sherman, which is seeking carve-out in state law that prevents food and beverages from being served where smoking is permitted; it would apply to Johnson Club Room, private smoking lounge in showroom of store, which company vice president William Sherman says provides place for customers to relax with the […]