Tuesday, June 27, 2006

[TS] THE BUSINESS WORLD; Coming Soon To the U.S.: Cuban Cigars Made in Brazil

A small Brazilian company plans to go head to head with the world's most famous cigar brands.

JERRY SEINFELD; What's He Doing?
John DeAngelis letter on Rick Lyman's September 15 article scores Jerry Seinfeld for smoking cigars...

National Briefing Midwest: Illinois: Conviction In Cigar Smuggling
Chicago lawyer Richard Connors is convicted of smuggling thousands of Cuban cigars into United States in violation of trade embargo against Cuba (S)...

Surviving The Punk Life; When a Cigar Is Not Just a Cigar
Joan Kanel Slomanson letter on February 22 Urban Studies column on cigar smoking notes Dr Sigmund Freud lost jaw and life to cancer...

[TS] LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Flying Not-So-Small Model Airplanes
Long Island Journal column; members of Meroke Radio Control Club, group of model hobbyists, fly miniature aircraft at Cedar Creek Park Aerodrome in Seaford; cigar aficionados relax in smoking lounge in back of Stogies and Tales, tobacco shop in Farmingdale owned by Robert Bussi; photo (M)...

World Briefing Americas: Cuba: U.S. Company Wins Cigar Appeal
Appeals Court rules that trademark of Cohiba cigars, made in Cuba, cannot be enforced in United States because of longstanding embargo against government of Pres Fidel Castro; General Cigar, American Company, sells cigars under Cohiba name in US (S)...

[TS] Smoke if You Have Money? Hardly, Mayor Says
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is once again slipping into the quicksand created by his citywide smoking ban - not over its existence, but over perceived inconsistencies in enforcing it.

ADVISORY: TRAVEL NOTES; Turning Up the Heat in Phoenix
Thirsty Camel Lounge at Phoenician resort in Scottsdale, Ariz, is offering its guests H Upmann Dunhill No 42 cigars dating from 1942 and other old, rare Cuban cigars, for between $150 and $600 each; photo (S)...

[TS] Recalling the Heyday Of Trenton's Cigar Industry
Margo Nash reviews exhibit on history of cigar making in Trenton, NJ, on view at Trenton City Museum; photos (M)...

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