Jack Bettridge's Blog Archives

July 2008

Cigar Lounge Etiquette Primer

Posted: 10:17 AM ET, July 25, 2008

About the only good that has come from the recent rounds of anti-smoking legislation has been the boon it has been for cigar retailers. Because most areas exempt cigar stores, smokers are driven to them when they want to cop a smoke in the middle of the day. Read more

Saved By The Cigar

Posted: 03:56 PM ET, July 08, 2008

Here’s a novel form of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Apparently, when Pablo Picasso was born in 1881, he wasn’t breathing and the midwife gave him up as stillborn. A quick-thinking and cigar-smoking uncle had other ideas, however. Read more

Cigars, Economics and Cardiology

Posted: 11:12 AM ET, July 01, 2008

The irony of my job at Cigar Aficionado and my participation on its tasting panel is that I don’t often buy cigars. I don’t have to. About the only time it happens is when I’m in a country with more liberal policies about selling the bounty of the island nation to the south of Florida. Read more

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