cigars
Police officer lights cigar while straddling suspect during arrest at nightclub, sparking probe
Footage posted online captured the officer borrowing a lighter from another officer for the stogie outside Marquee Restaurant & Lounge last weekend in St. Louis.
This 102-year-old downtown NYC staple has closed -- after an alleged rent dispute
This Seventh Avenue staple has shuttered -- and in a very New York situation, it allegedly has to do with the rent.
Aaron Rodgers sipped pricey bourbon, smoked cigar at Vegas lounge before Jets game
The injured Jets QB hit up Eight Cigar Lounge in Las Vegas on Saturday, a day before his teammates took on the Raiders on "Sunday Night Football."
5 best Upper East Side restaurants and bars: Where to wine, dine and smoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0k2iqil7NY How to live like an Upper East Side playboy? Manhattanite Serena Shahidi knows. She takes Staten Island native Sebastian Conelli on a tour of the classiest places to eat,...
FDA to ban Juul e-cigarettes in the US: report
The Food and Drug Administration is set to ban Juul e-cigarettes from being sold in the United States, according to a report. The FDA was expected to announce the stunning...
Joe Burrow almost got arrested for famous LSU cigar celebration
Joe Burrow and his LSU teammates nearly ended up in handcuffs after winning the national title in 2020.
A scotch-soaked, cigar safari comes to ritzy Rhode Island sports club
Launched last August as a pop-up, The Preserve’s two safari tents have become so popular they’re now permanent fixtures on the 3,500-acre property.
Council speaker hopeful wined, dined ambulance-chaser lobbyists at private clubs
The Queens Democrat's campaign committees spent more than $8,000 between 2013 and 2016 on at least 78 outings in Manhattan and Albany.
Thief nabs nearly $60K in stogies from Midtown cigar shop
A thief made off with nearly $60,000 in stogies from a Midtown cigar shop, police said Monday. The burglar entered Davidoff of Geneva on Sixth Avenue near W. 56th Street...
LGA security confiscates cigar humidor after confusing it for a pipe bomb
Ceci n'est pas une pipe bomb. Airport security agents at LaGuardia Airport confiscated a Dutchess County man's homemade cigar humidor on Sunday because it "gave the impression that it could...
Rich New Yorkers hold socially-distant 'cigar club' from their Mercedes sedans
Mitch Modell may have lost his chain of 115 sporting-goods stores in March to Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but the erstwhile CEO has found a way to console himself. He and...
A wonderful week of adventures in captivating Cuba
“Why Cuba?” more than one friend asked when we told them about the trip we were planning. Why, indeed. Americans of my generation (I'm now 70) grew up on black-and-white...
Habanos Festival 2019: Annual cigar fiesta held in Cuba
Cigar enthusiasts come together for the XVII Habanos Festival in Havana, Cuba.
Cigar Aficionado publisher inhales magazine award
Marvin Shanken, the entrepreneur behind Wine Spectator, Whisky Advocate and Cigar Aficionado, was given the Association of Magazine Media’s lifetime achievement award, presented by Condé Nast chairman Jonathan Newhouse. "Marvin...
FDA proposes ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
The US Food and Drug Administration wants people to cool it with the menthol cigarettes. The federal regulator is moving to ban the minty smokes — as it seeks to...
Video shows man setting fire to deli after fight over cigars
Video footage shows a disgruntled deli customer setting a Bronx shop on fire after he got into a fight with a worker over cigars, authorities said Tuesday. The customer got...
New York is begging for a black-market cigar industry
In an attempt to close New York state’s $4.4 billion budget deficit, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a package of $1 billion in tax hikes and fee increases as part of...
Box of Fidel Castro's cigars sells for almost $27K
BOSTON — It was close but no cigar for anyone who bid less than $26,950 at auction for a signed box of Cuban cigars from Fidel Castro's personal collection. Boston-based...
Half-smoked Winston Churchill cigar sells for $12K
BOSTON — A cigar half-smoked by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a 1947 trip to Paris has sold for just over $12,000 during an online auction. Boston-based RR Auction...
Marvin Shanken appoints himself as editor for Whisky Advocate
Marvin Shanken, the publishing entrepreneur behind Cigar Aficionado and Wine Spectator, said he is adding the editor-in-chief and publisher title at the Whisky Advocate come April 30. M. Shanken Communications...