New York, NY (PRWEB) January 18, 2012

Cigar Finder 1.1 for iPhone was released Tuesday, the first update for the navigational app since its initial August 2011 launch into the App Store. A free app that helps stogie enthusiasts find cigar shops, smoking lounges, and smoke-friendly places, Cigar Finder now offers additional features like improved search capabilities and expanded profiles for retailers.

The app has received thousands of downloads and positive feedback from both merchants and app users for its simple design and extensive database. Since then, developers have made several improvements to the 1.0 version, which was rated 4 out of 5 stars by app users as of January 2012.

Most importantly, Cigar Finder has revised its merchant profile design to include a website link as well as a scroll bar to allow for longer descriptions and store promotions. For listings without descriptions, there?s an on-screen link to help retailers add their own information.

?The new update makes searching faster and more efficient,? said Communications Director Jaimie Siegle. “And for cigar retailers and establishments, it’s a way to increase their website traffic and overall customer base.”

In addition to the ability to search by a word or specific name, the new version also includes a revised ?Did You Know?? section filled with cigar tips and tidbits written by a certified tobacconist. The categories ?length,? ?ring gauge,? and ?wrapper color? have been added to the dossier section, so enthusiasts can keep track and make notes of each unique cigar.

About Cigar Finder

The mission of CigarFinder LLC is to connect and enhance the experience of the cigar community.

To learn more, visit the Cigar Finder website or Facebook page. More screenshots are available on the Cigar Finder iTunes page here.

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Pasadena Ceniza Cigar Lounge is One of Few US Shops Offering the Uncut Graycliff Chateau Grand Cru Cigar

Los Angeles, Calif. (PRWEB) October 23, 2006

Ceniza Cigar Lounge opened in Old Town Pasadena California in November of 2005, and as one of the few Los Angeles cigar shops, has quickly earned an excellent reputation for offering the finest selection of domestic and imported cigars, cigarettes, pipes, lighters, cigar humidors, coffee and other tobacconist accessories. The ultimate destination for cigars, pipes, coffee and a smoke with friends, Ceniza Cigar Lounge is one of California’s largest cigar retail stores, offering customers a wide variety in merchandise, along with private lockers, a friendly, knowledgeable staff and plenty of room to watch TV on three large LDC monitors.

Ceniza is also one of the very few cigar stores in the United States offering the hard to find Graycliff Chateau Gran Cru uncut cigars. A medium to full bodied delight that’s deep in smooth, earthy flavors and a floral sweetness, the brand is available in a gorgeous ‘Salomon’ figurado size that maximizes flavor via a super-slow, cool burn. Graycliff cigars were noted as one of the best new cigars by attendees of the 2005 Retail Tobacco Dealers Association trade show who compared its deep, seductive tobacco flavor to premium Cuban cigars of yesteryear. Donned in two purple bands, the cigars are handmade with the most select, long-filler aged tobaccos from Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Zimbabwean leaf. This full-bodied, well-balanced cigar offers complex flavor, and just enough power to satisfy experienced cigar smokers who enjoy a very rich-tasting smoke.

Co-owned by C. Mario Jaramillo, Gary Guseinov, A. Han, and various other investors, the Ceniza Cigar Lounge offers locals and Pasadena visitors a large, comfortable and savvy environment to choose and enjoy the finest tobaccos and smoking accessories.

“We pluming ourselves in carrying the best cigars, and in offering a relaxing place for tobacconists to gather,” said co-owner Mario Jaramillo. “The Graycliffs are one of the most popular branding we are carrying at this time.”

Ceniza’s selection of alright cigars include numerous well known brands including the Padron Anniversary 1926 and 1964 Series, the Fuente Opus X, CAO’s Sopranos, the new Oliva Series’, AVO 80′s and Rocky Patel Vintage 1990-92 along with many more. The choice in cigars ranges from mild to full corporal, and subtle to exotic in aroma and flavors, at a variety of just market prices for gratifying smoking, in a wide variety of fruit, spice and wood fragrances.

About The Ceniza Lounge

The Ceniza Cigar Lounge in Old Town Pasadena California offers the finest selection of domestic and imported cigars, cigarettes, pipes, lighters, humidors, coffee and other tobacconist accessories. With 2,500 square feet of space, Ceniza has a state of the art ventilation system, that vacuums smoke out eight times a hour and brings in fresh air constantly. The private “Preferido Lounge” provides a VIP atmosphere for locker members with comfortable Italian leather sofas, a 56 inch TV, copy and fax machine, as well as wireless Internet addrest. Private cigar tasting dinners are held for Preferido Lounge members along with many other perks. The ultimate destination for a smoke with a special friend, a meeting or social event, there are 72 private lockers, a friendly, knowledgeable man and plenty of room to watch TV on three LDC monitored.

The Ceniza Lounge is located in the Paseo Colorado Shopping Center, across the street from the Pasadena Convention Center and minutes from major hotels such as the Sheraton and the Ritz Carlton, and city hall. You’ll find Ceniza on the second level across from P.F. Changs and Bodega wine bar, next to Porto Alegre Brazillian BBQ. Open Sunday through Thursday, 11 – 12a.m., and Friday and Saturday 11 – 1 a.m. Visit http://www.cenizalounge.com or call 626.795.4664.

Contacts:

Tony Dzhordzhalyan, Ceniza Cigar Lounge

General Manager

Ceniza Cigar Lounge

260 E. Colorado Blvd. #225

Pasadena, CA 91101

(626) 796-7077;

Cell (323)842-5980

Media:

Kristin Gabriel

MarCom Broadband

323.650.2838

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Epping, New Hampshire (PRWEB) September 5, 2009

The Cigar Association of New Hampshire announced today that it is sponsoring The Cigar 100 on Oct. 10, 2009 at the All-Star Speedway in Epping, New Hampshire. The race replaces the ISMA Classic, an annual staple of the International Super Modified Association racing circuit.

The cigar association, which is comprised of New Hampshire members of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association, lobbies for the rights of its members and their customers to sell and enjoy premium cigars throughout the state. IPCPR members are small, mom-and-pop businesses. They are, for the most part, family owned smokeshops or manufacturers and distributors of premium cigars, pipes and related accoutrements.

“Irrational smoking bans and tobacco excise taxes have made it more difficult for anyone in the ‘Live Free or Die’ state to enjoy a premium cigar. They are driving our small businesses into the ground. That’s why we have chosen sponsorship of this event: to draw attention to our rights and the rights of our customers,” said Roy Kirby, president of CANH and owner of Two Guys Smoke Shop in Seabrook.

Participating premium cigar and tobacco-related brands include: Alec Bradley, Ashton, Avo, CAO, Camacho, Cusano, Drew Estates, El Tiante, Hammer & Sickle, HC by Xikar, Heaven, J. Fuego, Kristoff, Oliva, Ortsac, Perdomo, Padron, Punch, Tatuaje, and Villiger.

Two races will take place on race day.

In the first race, called “The Race of the New Hampshire Cigar Shops”, each car will be sponsored by one of the CANH members. The race will be 50 laps. The winning driver will receive from his car’s sponsor a box of his favorite cigars and the sponsor will have bragging rights until next year’s event.

The second and featured race -The Cigar 100 – will be 100 laps on the quarter-mile track. Each car will be represented by one of the participating cigar brands and the winning brand representative will join his driver in the winner’s circle for photos and presentation of the winner’s check.

“This event will be a win-win situation for the patrons, drivers and the All Star Speedway,” said Eric Kilbane of Castro’s Back Room in Manchester. “Patrons will get to meet the drivers, cigar makers and others who love cigars while helping CANH to fight for your rights and freedoms at the same time,” added Kurt Kendall of Twins Smoke Shop in Londonderry.

For a $ 100 donation to CANH, a patron will receive 20 cigars and access to a giant barbecue during the Pit Party on race day. Patrons will be able to meet many of the founders and owners of the participating cigar brands as well as the race drivers, themselves. They will be close enough to the cars to touch them before the race and will be able to take photos and enjoy their premium cigars throughout the day.

Tickets are available at the following cigar shops: Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, Nashua and Seabrook; Castro’s Back Room in Manchester, Concord and Nashua; Twins Smoke Shop in Londonderry and Hooksett; Top Shelf in Dover and Epping; Seacoast Cigars in Seabrook; Blowin’ Smoke in Bedford; and Tobacco Haven in Brookline, New Hampshire.

Patrons must be 18 years or older to attend the event. Rain dates are October 11 or 12.

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The Cuba Tobbaco Trading, Thompson Cigar Company, Edwards Pipe & Tobacco, The Ybor City, and Casa Fuente Cigar Bar are among the well-known cigar shops in the USA happened in three cigar cities -Tampa, Miami and Las Vegas

If you are a cigar aficionado seeking for some friendly city where you can lap up a smoke, you bound can happen them. Miami, Florida provides an abundant Cuban cigar ethnicity. Tampa, Florida is feted for a colourful history of cigar. Las Vegas offers you nonprofessional galore and fuming delight

Miami, Florida is one place where the finest cigars are traded. Little Havana is an area of the city that is greatly intrenched in Cuban cigar customs. May Cuban settlers personal cigar specialty shops there. The Cuba Tobacco Trading by Pedro and Peter Bello is one of the most looked for after shops in Miami

Tampa is prominent for some its cigar retailers such as Thompson Cigar Company and Edwards Pipe & Tobacco. The Ybor City, on the other hand, was the advanced 18th century’s Cigar Capital of the World. It is now germinated into a loved entertainment quarter

The Edward’s Pipe & Tobacco has also stores in Colorado, and North Dallas. The store has been proffering discriminating pipes, cigars and an ample collection of accessories like lighters. It’s been in the business since 1964

Thompson Cigar Company was established in Key West, Florida in 1915. Thompson is USA’s oldest mail order cigar business, which still carries the Postal Permit number 1 for Tampa, Florida. The company’s commitment to supply a comprehensive choice of products at cognisant prices continues. Thompson Cigar Company also owns and runs the country’s biggest supply storage humidor, which was specially evolved to insure the freshness and quality of each tobacco traded

The company’s call center that’s consists of 200 customer-oriented, courteous staff provides answers to your concerns regarding cigar. You can place your order online or you can visit Thomson Cigar store in Tampa, Monday through Saturdays

The Ybor City adjacent to downtown Tampa has a tradition of cigar production. Tired of continual governmental strife of his country, Don Vicente Martinez Ybor, owner of a cigar factory in Cuba, escaped to Tampa, Florida and set up his cigar territory there. With the prospering of Ybor’s factories, Jewish, Cuban, and Italian settlers were drawn to either set up their personal trades or work in the factories. Renowned as the Ybor City, the locality incorporated 200 cigar factories and 12,000 cigar makers or tabaqueros bringing forth a come close 700 million cigars annually. However, the Ybor City traveled to seed when the ban and depression blighted the region. The Ybor City evolved into a National Historical Landmark over the going through of so many years. Nowadays, tourists are transfixed with the vivaciousness of its ambiance, distinctiveness of its history, and idiosyncrasies of its architecture. This effervescent Latin district even takes pride in its own soured beer mentioned to as the Ybor Gold

Cigars are manually rolled even now by expert tabaqueros, and Roberto Ramirez is one of the most illustrious. Born in Cuba, and graded among the world’s top ten greatest cigar rollers, Roberto is one of the White House’s guests tasked to exhibit his expertise. Ybor City guests can pay a visit to Gonzalez Martinez Cigar Factory happened on 21st Street and 7th Avenue and see the handiwork of pro tabaqueros who flaunt their skill informal

Casa Fuente Cigar Bar is a smoker’s haven in Las Vegas. When you’re in the city, be bound to discontinue at Casa Fuente that’s turned up at the Caesar’s Palace. Casa Fuente is more than just a family store trading Arturo Fuente cigars; it is a bar that offers a choice of beverages like wines and cocktails, too. The Fuente cigars are trendy, concentrated products that come from Dominican Republic

The Cuban-themed establishment of Casa Fuente is welcoming, with mosaic-designed floors and Fuente family’s portraits adorns the interior

A cigar shop is a retail establishment that exists either as a storefront or an online catalogue. A walk-in store gives the smoker access to the most premium, fine cigars. It also gives the new smoker or the smoker on a budget, access to less expensive or newer brands.

One of the great things about a storefront cigar shop is it also gives smokers a place to actually smoke, and it also maintains a wait staff who can attend to clientele and answer questions.

An online cigar shop is a virtual realm that replaces the old storefront. It transcends geography, and it gives smokers from all over the world access to a very large inventory. A community management program is initiated to provide clients with customer service, specials, and information. Online cigar stores also offer a variety of prices so people on a budget can also enjoy fine tobacco.

Regardless of whether or not you are walking into a storefront cigar shop or surfing the catalog of an online equivalent, you can always count on finding premium cigar brands, less well-known but very good brands, cigar lighters, cigar cutters, and cigar humidors.

Many cigar stores also carry specialty cigarettes, such as electronic cigarettes, or cigarettes made from additive free tobacco. Many also carry pipes and pipe tobacco as well.

Gift items are also very popular through online resources. Cigars can now be purchased in gift packages, and special accessories like coffee mugs, special ashtrays, and golf cart clips can also be obtained. Such gifts can be great gestures of appreciation in a world that seems to be appreciating smokers less and less on a daily basis.

But who needs them when we have each other, right?

As things have changed in this great and mysterious world that we live in, so, too, has the old imagery and feel of many cigar shops changed. What we often visualize as iconic is really a memory of a bygone era.

That is not to say that you will not find the same images and motifs present in a modern cigar lounge or store, but there is a greater diversity of products and clear evidence of globalization in even the smallest of haunts these days.

In the old days there was little difference between what we now call a cigar lounge and a cigar shop. Both were places to purchase and smoke cigars, and smaller stores had limited inventories or maybe even only a handful of brands to offer. In those days as well, many European immigrants to the United States were truly and utterly illiterate and could not read even so much as a sign over the door of a store.

So it was decided by cigar store owners at that time to symbolize the establishment with a wooden statue of a Native American man or woman standing at the door. This symbol was chosen because Native Americans introduced Europeans to tobacco when first contact was made between the two cultures.

Today, it is considered bad form to use a racial symbol like this. It promotes a negative stereotype of Native American people, and it is also no longer necessary, considering how European-Americans have since learned to read, and even shop online.

Before we begin – You can pick up all your cigars accessories from my favorite cigar shop online – GJ Cigars!

I bought my initial Palio cutter a couple of several years back. In that time, it speedily started to be my favorite cigar cutter. Truthfully, the Palio cutter started to be my favorite cigar cutter the very first day that I utilized it. I had been utilizing the cheap cigar cutters that cigar shops provide you with should you purchase a bunch of cigars. They did a decent work, but they would boring extremely swiftly, or fall apart before it obtained dull. As an alternative in the cutter giving me a clean minimize, the uninteresting blade truly split the wrapper.

Following throwing aside a $8 cigar, I made a decision to have a very good high quality cigar cutter. I went into a local shop and spent $20 on a brand new cutter. I figured for $20, I will be acquiring some thing good. Truth is it was not much better than the affordable cutter that had ruined my cigar. So I started out seeking on the web cigar forums for some opinions. The name “Palio Cutter” kept having pointed out over and over again as getting the finest cutter. So I took the plunge and bought a Palio cutter. I was not disappointed.

The Palio cutter offers an incredible minimize. The blades are sharp and match tight, but operate smoothly. A good tight fit with no sloppiness towards the construction. It really is a solid and excellent item that you can just really feel. It carries a very sleek and precise cutting operation. It also carries a sleek appear to it, and also the ergonomics are perfect. It is the most comfy cigar cutter your hands will actually feel. In addition , it comes in the great leather situation to retain you cigar cutter seeking like new.

Besides my original black Palio cutter, I’ve also purchased additional for myself, and as gifts. While they all function exactly the same, and give exactly the same fantastic lower, my new preferred palio cutter could be the carbon fiber accomplish Palio cutter. It looks like it belongs in the spaceship with that magnificent carbon fiber carry out. I have also bought the Burl finish Palio cutter for my dad. He says it may be the ideal looking and best performing cigar cutter actually.

I live in Germany and my finance loves cigars, but I can not find anywhere that I can buy the humidors and other accessories. I am looking for a wine rack with humidor.