New York Cigars

(acigarsmoker.com) New York is an important market for cigars. Even with a 75% tax and a proposed outdoor ban on smoking, cigars are still a big deal for New Yorkers. Many people in the cigar business are from New York. The people from Drew Estate are a bunch of guys from Brooklyn. Jose Blanco, of La Aurora, grew up in Long Island. Of course, Barry is from Brooklyn, NY! Even the annual Cigar Aficionado’s Big Smoke is held here in New York (as well as in Las Vegas). Continued

Photo: Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia Blowing Smoke Rings Sitting at Desk in His Office by William C. Shrout (fkoff.com).