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The matter now rests with the City to determine whether to go forward with the proposal; no timetable has been posted. A recent check of prices on a five-pack of Black & Mild – which would be allowed under the proposal – showed the five-pack of the standard size (5 inches by 30 ring) at prices as low as $2.10 each. Think 3-5 kids can’t pool their money to buy a five-pack? Tobacco saving lives again! Scientific journals have been full of news about tobacco of late, but this time about the life-saving properties of tobacco in uses for health and defense: Reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, the test showed that the vaccine activated the immune systems of 11 of the 16 volunteers who participated in the human trial, and did not show any serious side effects. Ronald Levy of the Stanford University School of Medicine, the co-author of the report, said that the vaccine can be created by being produced through the growth of tobacco plants. By introducing specific genes from a patient into a tobacco plant using the Tobacco Mosaic Virus, the plant will reproduce them in high quantity and they can then be used to treat the patient. The vaccine is not a cure for the virus, but can be used to treat sufferers right away and retard the growth of this slow-moving disease. Exactly how effective it is compared to or when paired with chemotherapy is yet to be determined. The plant’s effectiveness is currently being tested in Serbia; the plant turns from green to red when it detects nitrogen dioxide “leaching” from mines buried in nearby soil. Buried explosives are present in about 80 countries and bomb-sniffing dogs or long-reaching tractors are used today; since tobacco grows easily in many types of soil, this type could be planted in areas where mines might be present and assist in identifying mine locations. From the Cubador With as much as 55 percent of the country’s arable land not in use at present, the Cuban government announced plans to allow individuals or cooperatives to farm unused land. While not granting any land-ownership rights (these are retained by the government), individual farmers could obtain use permits for up to 99 acres of land for ten years and cooperatives or state farms could get even larger grants for up to 25 years. Facing a food shortage which has required the purchase of billions of dollars of food from outside the island (including, notably, from the U.S.), the Raul Castro-led (pictured above) regime is trying to increase domestic food production in any way it can. It will even grant people who are not engaged in farming at present up to 33 acres to start. “We must go back to the land,” Castro said in a speech to the National Assembly. It will be interesting to see whether all of the land put to use by private farmers or cooperatives is able to support food production, or whether some tobacco might be grown as well. After all, as a cash crop, tobacco – especially from Cuba – is hard to beat. ~ Rich Perelman CLASSIFIED ADVERTISINGCigar Humidors and Cigar Accessories at Humidor Vault! Your online cigar humidor source, with rock-bottom pricing and fantastic customer support!Like sports? Get news and commentary you won’t see in your morning newspaper at TheSportsExaminer.com! Join the examination! A limited amount of classified advertising is available in this space on a weekly basis. For details, call Pat Harris at (213) 365-7965 or inquire by email by clicking here. Have an opinion? You can send it using the “Comment” button below! Don’t forget to register for our drawing for free cigars and accessories! Just click on the “Register & Win” button above; enter today! Looking for a cigar party? Take a look at our exclusive list of hundreds of cigar events across the country, listed by state and date, only on CigarCyclopedia.com!
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The anti tobacco movement hurts the U.S. more than any other nation on earth by destroying our ability to sell and export tobacco products domestically or internationally. The World Bank and U.N. are important sponsors of this initiative. Think long and hard on the activities of such international organizations when asked to support them. I would also suggest that smokers should not do business with hotels like the Marriott which names hotels after people like President Eisenhower and then proceed to support anti smoking rules. Here is a good question to ask. At the Marriott Eisenhower Hotel who would be more welcome? FDR, Churchill, President Ford, Eisenhower or Hitler? Well the answer is easy. HITLER! All the other smoked. What non-sense. It is common sense that if you smoke 50 cigars a day or 3 pack of cigarettes a day you should get cancer! things done in moderation are considerably less harmful. People who jog in New York city probably are more in danger of lung cancer (from car fumes) than a non jogger who has 10 smokes a day. Bloomberg and other mayors or even Castro of Cuba are social engineers. The job of government is not designed or intended to do social engineering. Yet people like Bloomberg support sanctuary cities which permit illegal immigrants in who are more dangerous than anything you might smoke. I would highly recommend for obvious health reasons you stay out of New York or San Francisco. When will the ability to choose be left to people. We cannot nor should not be subject to laws which restrain personal choice. The issue of smoking is not intended to do anything more than to social engineer through laws. It is about power over people and not health. The taxes we pay on tobacco are more than enough to cover any health related expenses. Sincerely, Philip Viverito |
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“Cigar-making machines were introduced in the U.S. in the 1920s, but were banned in Cuba until 1937.
