Imperial Tobacco Unit Acquires Cigar Inn; Cigar Aficionado Lounge Closes

 

(Cigar Aficionado) ... The Second Avenue location has also been the home of the Cigar Aficionado lounge—but that ended with this deal.
"Cigar Inn has been home to the Cigar Aficionado lounge, but that relationship has come to an end," said Marvin R. Shanken, editor and publisher of Cigar Aficionado magazine. "By policy, we can't have our lounge in a store whose owners also own a cigar company—it would be a conflict of interest." Continued