Cigar Lovers

[Jewrrick]

Seems bad...

The FDA’s regulation of premium cigars if left unchecked, would have a devastating impact on retailers and manufacturers alike. Consumers will have less choice. Youth access is simply not an issue in the premium cigar space where 35,000 Americans earn their living along with over 300,000 employees in the Caribbean Basin. If manufacturers are able to afford the costs to cut through the FDA red tape, the cost must be transferred to someone, i.e. retailers and the everyday, regular, working guy or gal that just wants to enjoy a cigar and not be forced to spend twice as much money for it. The many countries that neighbor the US will take significant losses, as many of their economies are supported by and sometimes solely dependent on the Premium Cigar industry.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/prevent-fda-overreach-and-stop-them-their-attempts-regulate-premium-cigar-industry

[SVTNorthTexas]

Bump.

[DON SVO]

It's going to be a mess. Premium cigars (read: not cheap ass Swishers/philly/etc machine made cut-it-up-for-a-blunt cigars) got grouped in with e-cigs. It'll be a legal train wreck because the deciding factor is actually the year the particular cigar was introduced: not whether it's a premium cigar or not. Our premium-brand cigar lobby groups are sending in their legal teams.

Regardless, for my own purposes... I'll keep buying shitloads of Cuban cigars. Sadly they're cheaper and better than 95% of the premium smokes in shops.

[DON SVO]

2014 Habanos Monte Petit Edmundo. Keep all the Nicaraguan/Dominican/Honduran stuff.


Photos for posterity:

[Roscoe]

2014 Habanos Monte Petit Edmundo. Keep all the Nicaraguan/Dominican/Honduran stuff.


Photos for posterity:

Nobody needs that many cigars.

[DON SVO]

Nobody needs that many cigars.

Nope.

BTW go puke on your mirror after that comment.

[soap]

I'm happy with just a kuba kuba, or a bag of trader jacks. Maybe a padron torpedo.

[Stephen]

Ok so what's the deal with cigars? They smell worse than cigarettes, they're expensive, the ashes make a mess.. I don't get it


Edit: I just fucking died on the "SVO rolls own Cubans"!!!

[Roscoe]

Ok so what's the deal with cigars? They smell worse than cigarettes, they're expensive, the ashes make a mess.. I don't get it

You know how I know you're gay?

[PLYBOY302]

Nice setup Don. What do you use for humidification. Beads or Boveda packs?

[Roscoe]

Nice setup Don. What do you use for humidification. Beads or Boveda packs?

kitty litter

[DON SVO]

kitty litter

Correct.

[cobrajet69]

kitty litter

... With Unicorn piss.



David

[Gtracer]

I just jumped back into cigars with my first rum runner...regardless, I like them and have already bought a box (coming tomorrow yayay!!)

I just tried a Rocky Patel Vintage 1990 and it was a little strong for me. So I have started researching and I want to ask, considering experience here, what do you think of the rum runners Don?

I have also done some reading (surprise) and see that there are several "Breakfast" cigars, do you suggest any?


And to keep it on topic, fuck the government and their legislation...so yeah


Edit: do you think we could get a "up in smoke" section or something, make finding these threads just slightly easier but then again not sure how many of us there are

[Jewrrick]

I just jumped back into cigars with my first rum runner...regardless, I like them and have already bought a box (coming tomorrow yayay!!)

I just tried a Rocky Patel Vintage 1990 and it was a little strong for me. So I have started researching and I want to ask, considering experience here, what do you think of the rum runners Don?

I have also done some reading (surprise) and see that there are several "Breakfast" cigars, do you suggest any?


And to keep it on topic, fuck the government and their legislation...so yeah


Edit: do you think we could get a "up in smoke" section or something, make finding these threads just slightly easier but then again not sure how many of us there are

Even just a sticky or something