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Well, first of all, because someone has to. Also, because tobacco products, unlike designer clothing, are actually harmful. And, also, cigarette smokers are not 1% of the population. Look, I don't mind paying taxes. I have my deductions, sure, and we are in a pretty high bracket (medical...

Yes, I pay taxes in America. Federal and state. I'm not trying to stir things up. This is something that really concerns me -- my wife is in healthcare, I know the issues, and I just don't get people's intransigence on the issue. This is interesting and to the point...

Okay, I'm guessing that I'll probably draw fire here, but let's go. Cigar media routinely bashes SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program, see http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/schip.asp and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Childre...urance_Program). They are overjoyed that Bush has used...

Grateful1 == look, I find this ironic, because deadheads are supposed to be all mellow and what-not. So, here's the thing: I asked what is to an interesting question. Open conversation. Like chatting with friends over lunch. You come back to me, as you have before, with an incredibly...

Okay, I did a search on this, and found nothing. There is a brief forum entry on the CA web site that doesn't answer the questions. They are: 1. Okay, ostensibly CA can review Cubanos overseas and call it a day. But they don't. They obviously do it at home and, obviously, they don't buy...

Hi -- I've searched and not found an answer to this. I have heard that, in a coolidor or walk-in, it is best to store cigars that came in cabinets in their cabinets. As it happens, out of pure convenience, I am doing precisely this. Oliva stays in Oliva, Cohiba stays in Cohiba, and I know...

Hi, I have five desktop humidors and, thanks to this forum, one coolidor (a 70qt model Coleman). The Coolidor works so well that I'll soon be selling of humidors on ebay and making a second, larger coolidor to store cigars in their original boxes. The idea is to maintain one or two small...

This is a hard for for me. I've been using candles, open windows, and a Honeywell device. Actually, it works pretty well -- the room doesn't smell like smoke. The problem is that the smell leaks out and invades the rest of the house. My wife has put her foot down about it. That's a bummer...

Hi, I'm just wondering what people might be using for air purifiers. I'm allowed limited indoor smoking, in a large den separated from the house by a garage, but even then it seems too much. I crack open the window (it is winter time) and have been running a Honeywell air purifier. I bought...

Interesting -- I guess I ought to try that. I have an embarrassing (I guess) six humidors. I'm really hurting for just one big unit, but we might be moving, it would be terribly expensive, etc. Anyway, just distilled water in all of them and all between 68-71% with digital hygrometers. Based...

Okay, maybe the problem is that I've never smoked secretos before and my "quick fixes" have been Hoyo de Monterey Petit Robustos and Montecristo 4's and 5's. I recently had a bad experience with a Cohiba Maduro Magico 5 -- see other post -- from a local retailer. I'm tossing it up to bad luck...

Subject line says it all. I'm ruling out desktop cutters and am mostly curious. I have at least a half dozen generic clippers sitting around and one xikar. None of them are perfect -- and, actually, sometimes I find I get a better cut with a generic twin-blade clipper than with the xikar...

Sorry, I was typing quickly and, yes, I meant the Trini RE. Here's the deal: I just keep searching for a great, consistent, flavorful but not over-the-top, 20-35 minute smoke. The Hoyo is pretty close to that. The Magicos: it may just be the ones I bought. I have no idea and I do think...

Hi, Let me just state that, generally, I've become increasingly disappointed with Cuban cigars. I mean that in terms of value: construction (Boliver Royal Coronas are an example for me) is uneven, prices exorbitant (Cohiba Siglio VI, esplendido, others) and sometimes over-hyped (sorry, just...

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Do you think too wet accounts for the problem? Thing is, I regularly buy other Cuban cigars at his store and have never had a problem. These were complete garbage, though. It does make me wonder if, somehow fakes got into his humidor. It just seems unlikely and, knowing him as I do, he's too...

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Okay, speaking of which, has anyone smoked the Fuente Chateau and the Fuente Don Carlos Robusto and can you comment on the differences? I have not tried the robusto. It boils down to this: I prefer the Cubans, I really do. However, sometimes we do have to think about money, and the Chateau is...

Okay, I just finished one of these and, as usual, was very pleased. Note bene: my preferred smokes are coronas and robustos and I only smoke larger cigars, like my beloved Monte #2's, when I have lots of time in the evening. My favorite walk-around, daytime cigars have been Monte Petit...

Neat idea! Wouldn't work for me, though. Our den, which is really a "taverna," opens up to the back patio and to the garage, which is actually have garage and have play area. Because the garage is actually beautifully tiled and the door is handsome solid wood and because the whole thing is...