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Where Do You Buy Phillies Cigars?
For the uninitiated among us, Phillies Cigars are an American cigar brand which originated around 1910 in Philadelphia from a company called Bayuk Cigars Inc. They were originally called Philadelphia Hand Made; but, after customers shortened the name to Phillies; the Buyuk brothers adopted Phillies Cigars as their brand name. The cigars still live on but the manufacture is now under Altadis USA Inc (a subsidiary of the Spanish company of the same name; which is currently owned by the British multi-national Imperial Tobacco Group). Phillies Cigars come in a wide selection of sizes, types and flavors including the, now, semi-infamous...
Can Anyone Tell Me The Difference Between An Ordinary & A Premium Electronic Cigarette?
Can Anyone Tell Me The Difference Between An Ordinary & A Premium Electronic Cigarette? OK; I confess upfront that I am a cigarette addict and have been for at least half a century; but, I still have no real idea on exactly why I smoke. I can only say that I do enjoy the habit. Therein lies the crux of the matter – it IS a habit. Yes; I am fully aware of what the health experts have to say and, I am equally aware, of how anti-social it is for me to blow my smoke into the faces of...
Will Tobacco From An Online Store Be Fresh Enough To Smoke?
On line shopping is an accepted fact in today’s economy and, by and large, it has a good reputation for delivering goods to you in complete accordance with the product descriptions shown on the store’s web page (catalog). They are also well thought of for the speed with which they deliver your order to your door and, above all, their prices (including delivery charges) are generally perceived as being lower than those in traditional, over the counter, shops. The World Is Flat The speed at which on line shopping has been accepted is obviously linked to our ever growing use...
Swisher Sweet Little Cigars Prove You Don’t Have To Be Big To Be A Winner
Back in 1861, when David Swisher was driving his wagon team around the Midwest hauling along his mobile convenience store, accepting a small cigar company in settlement of a bad debt probably seemed no big deal. Little did he know that one day a future King Of England would be smoking his Swisher cigars and that the company would grow to become one of the world’s biggest producers of cigars. The Spirit Of Enterprise That “get up and go” factor that had David loading his wagons to take the luxuries and essentials from the East out to the folks in...
Did Rembrandt Ever Smoke Any Dutch Masters Cigarillos?
Modern day Dutch in their native Holland, are known to have a liking for small cigars or cigarillos and a painting called “The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild” (De Staalmeesters) painted by Rembrandt in 1662 does appear on the packaging for Dutch Masters Cigarillos. Could he have been enjoying Dutch Masters Cigarillos while painting? Unlikely If Not Impossible Rembrandt lived from 15TH July 1606 to 4TH October 1669 and Christopher Columbus is credited with introducing tobacco into Europe after his 1492 voyages across the Atlantic to “the Americas” (for tobacco, this was primarily Hispaniola, now called the Dominican Republic, and present day...