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UBS is taking on poachers; Philip Morris bids $2 billion for Canadian cigarette maker Rothmans; Tullett Prebon talking merger with GFI
On July - 31 - 2008
It’s not only Wall Streeters who like a good cuban cigar….
On November - 14 - 2007
Apparently rapper 50 Cent requires that concert promoters stock his dressing room with the forbidden by law Cubans….
Cuban Cigars For 50 Cent! – TheSmoking Gun
Tags: Cigars, Entertainment, Music
Kraft: Altria cuts the cheese
On April - 2 - 2007
Free at last: Altria completed the long awaited spin-off of its nearly 89% stake in Kraft Foods == the world’s second largest food company — after the close on Friday. Today is the newly single Kraft’s first day trading as a fully independent company. Kraft is the purveyor of such fine foods as Cheese Whiz, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, Oreo Cookies and Jell-O, Maxwell House Coffee and Oscar Mayer Wieners.
For your puffing pleasure: the world’s most expensive cigar
On October - 24 - 2006
If you’re a cigar aficionado and money is no object you might want to try to get your hands one some of these:
It’s the world’s most expensive cigar — US$440 each and it only comes in boxes of 40 — but is it the best? Nobody knows because no one has smoked one. The Cuban havanas from the Cohiba brand are so precious no one has actually lit one yet. The blend was tested by a group of tasters before the cigar went into hand-made production, says Norma Fernandez, the "torcedora" or cigar-roller from the El Laguito factory in Havana. The cigar was launched in Spain yesterday by Altadis, the exclusive importer of Cuban cigars into Spain. Only 4,000 cigars were rolled. The Cohiba "Behike" can only be bought in special humidors — US$18,860 for the 40 cigars.
Cohiba’s new offering puffs in at US$18,860 for a humidor of 40 cigars – Reuters via National Post
Tags: Lifestyle
Bloomberg funds $125m anti-smoking campaign
On August - 15 - 2006
New York City Mayor and former smoker Mike Bloomberg will use $125 million of his own money to wage a worldwide campaign against smoking:
The $125 million will go to existing organizations over two years to implement anti-smoking measures.
It will include cash for programs that help smokers quit and educate children to prevent them from starting; funds to push for smoking bans and higher tobacco taxes in other cities, states and countries; and money for a system to track global tobacco use and the effectiveness of anti-smoking efforts.
The campaign mirrors what the Republican mayor already started in New York, where he banned smoking in bars and restaurants and has the health department running an aggressive program focused on helping smokers quit. Nearly 1.2 million New Yorkers smoke, and health officials have given out thousands of free nicotine patches.
NYC Mayor Bloomberg puts his own $125M into anti-smoking campaign – AP via USA Today
