Montreal Cigar Bar Owners Are Smiling

May 24th, 2006

From Michelle LaLonde, The Gazette

Photo by John, Kenney, The Gazette When Steve Siozios opened his tiny cigar bar on Crescent Sreet. 10 years ago, friends told him he was crazy.

“Everybody called me an idiot; they said cigar bars are passe, they’ll fade out of style. Now all the bars and restaurants resent me for being so lucky,” chuckled Siozios, the amiable owner of Stogies Cigar Lounge on Crescent St. in downtown Montreal.

What’s suddenly so lucky about owning a cigar bar in Quebec?

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Health Risks of Cigars? You Might Be Surprised

November 12th, 2005

There is a very interesting post up over at Our House Blog by David on the comparative health risks of smoking cigarettes versus smoking cigars.

It is a good post, with links to some information from the National Cancer Institute and also has some quotations from FDA spokespeople and the New England Journal of Medicine. Anyone who smokes cigars will want to read it.

The information in the article is an anti-smoking crusader’s worst nightmare.

Why?

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