Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: cigars

cigars stories: 3 news summaries

Clove Cigarettes Banned: Enter Clove 'Small Cigars'

FDA, importer disagree over definition of a cigarette

Oct 27, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - For one California importer of smokes, an awful lot has come to rest on the precise definition of a cigar. After a ban on clove cigarettes went into effect last month, Kretek International slyly began importing Djarum-brand clove “small cigars." They're quite similar to Djarum’s clove cigarettes,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
FDA • smoking • tobacco • anti-smoking • cigars • flavored cigarettes

Phelps' Latest Offer:
Cigar 'Smokesperson'

See, who needs Kellogs?

Feb 10, 09 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Finally, someone who appreciates Michael Phelps’ less obvious talents. Gurkha Cigars has offered the toking Olympian $25,000 to be its official "smokesperson," reports TMZ. In a letter, the company said it wanted Phelps to “do what you do best—smoke and swim. And while we can’... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Michael Phelps • smoking • cigars

 Hurricanes Smoke 
 Cuban Cigar Biz 

Double blow from Gustav, Ike to cost billions

Sep 18, 08 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Back-to-back blows from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have the Cuban tobacco industry reeling, reports the Miami Herald. Hurricane Ike alone destroyed half of this year's tobacco plants, more than 3,000 tobacco-drying barns and nearly 9,000 homes for workers. The destruction occurred just days after Gustav had already wreaked... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Cuba • tobacco • Havana • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Ike • cigars • Ramon Serafin

3 Stories


from our news partners