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BRITISH CONSIDER “LICENSE” TO SMOKE

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The idea did not immediately gain any support among British politicians. Kevin Barron, the Labour Party head of the health committee in the House of Commons told The Times of London that “The answer is to get more people into smoking cessation programmes which have had a big boost since the ban on smoking in public places came in last year.” Dr. Chaand Nagpaul, who represents general practitioners on the British Medical Association’s public health committee, said asking doctors to approve a smoker’s right to buy tobacco would be “unworkable” noting that it would entail another 25 million appointments per year!

Even the anti-smoking group Action on Smoking and Health’s policy manager, Martin Dockrell, came out against the idea. “There is no need to bully the minority who are happy smoking when most smokers are ready and trying time and time again to quit. We need a comprehensive strategy on smoking, It’s not about the next clever idea from a think-tank.”

Simon Clark, a spokesman for the smoker’s rights group FOREST noted that “There are a whole host of things out there that are potentially dangerous. If smokers are targeted in this way, it’s a very short step to slapping a similar charge on anyone who wants to buy alcohol or any other product ministers don’t approve of.”

Identification or permit cards have been a thorny issue in British politics for years. Originally issued during World War I and World War II (shown above), the current national identity card concept was passed in Parliament in 2006, but has yet to be implemented.

The government’s official response to LeGrand’s proposals was to note that it will be considered along with others.

More cigars from ancient Cuban seeds on the way:
The head of the Costa Rica-based Tabacos de la Cordillera, John Vogel, whose work in growing tobacco from authenticated seeds that originated in Cuba led to the creation of the Fundacion Ancestral cigar series graded in a tasting last week, says that more cigars from more pre-embargo Cuban seed types are on the way.

“The response has been very positive, people are very much interested in our product,” he said. Vogel noted that our story (since corrected) which stated that the names of the lines such as “Pinar del Rio 1941" (pictured) were not indicative of the year and place of origin was incorrect and that the names are specific to the location and year that such tobacco was grown.

Vogel has three lines now in circulation, distributed by Arango Cigar Co. of Northbrook, Illinois: “Vuelta Abajo 1940" and “Pinar del Rio 1941" developed from seeds from the famed tobacco fields from the western part of Cuba and “Artemisa 1944" from an area just east of the Pinar del Rio province. He plans to introduce two new blends at this summer’s International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association show (IPCPR): “Santa Clara 1943" and “Remedios 1942.” Both are well-known growing regions in Cuba in the geographic center of the island..

The process of converting the seeds – originally obtained from the now-closed Cuban Land tobacco research center over Vogel’s career in leaf research and development with Consolidated Cigar (now Altadis U.S.A.) – into leaf which could used for cigar wrapper, binder and filler took seven years. Happily, now that the plant stock has been established, cigars can be made from these leaves each and every year.
~ Rich Perelman

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