Ha, @ Danimalia, that's why press got a bad rap because retailers were trying to do business and pseudo bloggers kept interrupting and taking all the product. Things are different these days though...
Stay tuned. Brian Levine and I will be in Vegas this weekend to report on IPCPR which is the largest Cigar and Pipe event for the Industry - not open to the public. It's where retailers go to buy cigars and pipes for the year, its also where we find out the latest and greatest on the FDA...
So yeah, post-extraction - prior to the implants, the dentist was like yeah you can. Now that I've had implants put in and it's healing the surgeon was like - don't do a damn thing, no smoking, no nothing so that your mouth heals.
I'm headed up to Anchorage this weekened will have a day there before hopping on a ship to sail down the coast to Vancouver. Any good tobacco shops I should stop by?
I reached out to James May on instagram to see if he's open to being interviewed. Usually, they ignore, but he has a habit of replying to people sooo... you never know.
I think it's luck of the draw, I have some petes, savs, Alden's.. they all smoke well, and some not so much. Type of briar, how well it aged, size... how it was broken in, all that has an impact.