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Maryland Cigar Tax Bill Likely Dead

Maryland Cigar Tax Bill Likely Dead

A tobacco tax bill that would have raised the cigar tax in Maryland to 95 percent of the wholesale price appears to be dead after a Senate committee voted to mark the bill as …

March 24, 2011
California Ban Includes Tobacco Shop Smoking

California Ban Includes Tobacco Shop Smoking

The Cigar Rights of America is calling upon members to help fight a California Senate bill that, in an effort to tighten up the state's stict Smoke-Free Workplace law, includes a …

March 18, 2011
Honduras Ban Takes Aim at Home Smokers

Honduras Ban Takes Aim at Home Smokers

The new smoking ban that took effect Monday in Honduras not only prohibits smoking in most public places, but also allows individuals to report smokers who light up inside homes …

February 24, 2011
Washington Eyes Creating Smoking Licenses

Washington Eyes Creating Smoking Licenses

Two separate bills recently introduced by Washington state lawmakers would, if passed, grant cigar enthusiasts the right to once again smoke inside tobacco shops and cigar lounges.

February 16, 2011
Outdoor Smoking Banned in New York City

Outdoor Smoking Banned in New York City

Smoking your cigar in a public park or beach in New York City has just been banned.

February 2, 2011
New York Village Bans Outdoor Smoking

New York Village Bans Outdoor Smoking

The incorporated village of Great Neck, New York is the first municipality in the Empire State to ban smoking outdoors.

January 12, 2011
Spain Bans Smoking Across Country

Spain Bans Smoking Across Country

The largest consumer of Cuban cigars in the world has banned smoking in its bars, restaurants, cafes and most public enclosed spaces.

January 4, 2011
Illinois May End Casino Smoking Ban

Illinois May End Casino Smoking Ban

Faced with declining gambling revenues, Illinois lawmakers are set to vote on a pair of bill proposals that would reprieve part of the state's smoking ban and allow lighting up in …

December 31, 2010
Warning Posters Coming Down in NYC Cigar Shops

Warning Posters Coming Down in NYC Cigar Shops

A judge has ruled that New York City's graphic and gruesome anti-smoking warning labels violate federal law.

December 30, 2010