I just read this interesting article from 2009 about the anti-smoking lobby. It’s worth a read if you want a different perspective on where all of the anti-smoking hysteria is coming from. The article references the book “Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology” by epidemiologist Geoffrey C. Kabat which [...]
Brothels are legal in most Australian states but smoking cigars in a cigar club is not? That doesn’t make much sense to me.
I’m a big fan of science. As XKCD likes to say: Unfortunately, cigars are regularly being subjected to bad science and bad journalism. A few months ago, Parade magazine ran an article called “The Dangers of Pipes and Cigars”. In the article, they reference a report done recently by Columbia University which, the article claims, [...]
In this episode, we’re joined again by Perdomo’s Head of Pre-Production, 77 year-old Aristides Garcia, to talk about his secrets for living a long and healthy life! Aristides has smoked about 20 cigars a day since the age of 14 but has never been sick in his life.
The crew here at Perdomo Cigars Australia would like to acknowledge the passing today of Don Alejandro Robaina, aged 91. According to the BBC: Mr Robaina, the only person to have a brand of Cuban cigars named after him, had been a roving ambassador for the country’s state-run cigar industry. But more typically, he could [...]
Are cigars bad for your health? Of course the answer is ‘yes’. Cigars are made of tobacco. Smoking tobacco in any form is going to have health consequences. However lots of things are bad for your health if you indulge in them too often – alcohol, Big Macs, chocolate, ice cream, coffee, cheese – however, [...]