Which are the most cigar-friendly states?

smokin5 · 10-06-2014, 08:56 PM

[quote=ApexAZ;1990408]
I'm not sure what Smokin5 meant with this though: "Gotta agree AZ is OK, but unless you're somewhere with a
"grandfathered" smoking lounge, you're out of luck smoking
anywhere inside."

It was my understanding that if you are a smoke shop, you can smoke inside. Perhaps something has changed, but every B&M I've been to has allowed smoking inside. It's true that other businesses (like a bar or restaurant) can not legally allow smoking, but I'm not sure if such a state exists, and even if it does, it's likely that won't last forever.

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What I meant was that you cannot open a NEW cigar lounge in AZ,
at least that's my understanding. The ones that existed when the
smoking ban kicked in a few years back (i.e., "grandfathered" in legal
jargon) are allowed to continue, but no new ones will be approved
by the powers that be. In the case of my town, no cigar lounges
exist, so we can be assured we'll never see one here. Then again,
with my deck & den operating as a regular 'nonprofit' cigar lounge,
I don't really care whether we get a real lounge. My friends come
to my place for a smoke & a joke.

10-06-2014, 08:56 PM	#25
smokin5 Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: On the Mountaintop - AZ Posts: 2,002 Trading: (69)	Re: Which are the most cigar-friendly states? [quote=ApexAZ;1990408] I'm not sure what Smokin5 meant with this though: "Gotta agree AZ is OK, but unless you're somewhere with a "grandfathered" smoking lounge, you're out of luck smoking anywhere inside." It was my understanding that if you are a smoke shop, you can smoke inside. Perhaps something has changed, but every B&M I've been to has allowed smoking inside. It's true that other businesses (like a bar or restaurant) can not legally allow smoking, but I'm not sure if such a state exists, and even if it does, it's likely that won't last forever. 8 * * * * * What I meant was that you cannot open a NEW cigar lounge in AZ, at least that's my understanding. The ones that existed when the smoking ban kicked in a few years back (i.e., "grandfathered" in legal jargon) are allowed to continue, but no new ones will be approved by the powers that be. In the case of my town, no cigar lounges exist, so we can be assured we'll never see one here. Then again, with my deck & den operating as a regular 'nonprofit' cigar lounge, I don't really care whether we get a real lounge. My friends come to my place for a smoke & a joke. __________________ Pobody's Nerfect.