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Ticket sales are now on the move! Check out this page; http://cigcon.com/docs/CCW-launch-promo.html If you are coming to West Coast event, be sure to take advantage of this deal, because it won't come around again. Thanks and I hope to see you in September. Doc

On March 14, 2009 the tickets for Cig Con West 2009 will officially go on sale. To commemorate the ticket launch of this first annual event, the Cig Con Planning Committee met this past weekend and voted to extend a 1-DAY-ONLY 20% DISCOUNT. This is a ONE-TIME-ONLY OFFER, and will only be valid...

I'll disagree with the "is not needed" part, but we can agree to disagree about that. The industry sales have been flat in many markets throughout the U.S., which is why many manufacturers are looking how to go international, if they haven't already. The anti-tobacco lobby and legislation IS...

Let's put it this way... if anybody has any specific evidence that points to any manufacturers making false claims about the origins of wrappers, binders or filler contents, send that evidence to me and I will go into my secret ops mode and will track down the truth. Without said evidence, I...

Yes sir, I indeed have talked with many cigar makers in 4 different countries and have toured their fields and factories and have sat and asked them many questions. I have never talked to a single cigar maker who told me that their cigars had been ripped off. That is, that they had been exactly...

Perhaps you are right, the signatures on the petition will tell more than anything. However, the wine industry crossed the same bridge eons ago. They made it their business to make sure that the average consumer WOULD give a shit. Now they are reaping the rewards of having a more highly...

There are some very interesting points being shared and I thank you for these thoughts. But there is a certain reality that is not being addressed. Historically, the cigar industry has been very insular about their blends and processes. However, there is NO GOOD REASON to be insular since even...

Agreed! Don Pepin is the only non-Cuban-cigar manufacturer that has put box dates on his cigars on a regular basis. I believe that, if we can make cigar manufacturers see how important having this type of information is to us as consumers, that they might at least incorporate some of the...

Amen to that, brother. Well said. Doc

Yeah, I do see your point, but I believe that it has been the general nature of secrecy and mystique that the cigar industry has used as a method to promote (sic) their products that has had a large role to play in their current problems. The wine industry is not suffering the same as the cigar...

To my brothers and sisters at CigarPass, I just recently posted a petition to cigar manufacturers that is basically asking them to give us more timely, and accurate information about cigars. It is just too hard to find complete and comprehensive information about cigar. If this kind of...

I just published the 2008 Stogie Fresh Honor Roll, which lists the top 15 rated cigars at Stogie Fresh this past year and also lists the top 10 cigars featured on the Stogie Fresh 5 podcast. Enjoy. Doc

True, he did say that advocacy could be a feature of a combined organization with a lot of members. He didn't say much more. But I agree, there was not enough R&D. There are already several national and many more Regional and Local advocacy groups. I got the sense that he was fishing for reasons...

Interesting development (no pun intended). Then it seems he is using the same business model, which obviously worked for him at Developer Shed and applying it in a different niche. I think that's fine, but again I do believe that if he gets into the cigar forum business, he will have to...

This is an interesting situation because of the sites that were chosen. Each of these sites have high traffic and are community driven. Moki mentioned that Jon Caputo owns Developer Shed. This from their website: Developer Shed has recently merged with tech giant Ziff Davis Enterprise, the...