Its funny that you should say that, because one of my local B&Ms has the same BS, "Cigars are allowed, but not pipes" attitude. I had never really given it much thought until the other day. I asked the proprietor why he had this rule in place, and his answer was, "We have had a lot of complaints about pipe smokers who smoke aromatic tobacco. Our cigar guys were complaining it was ruining the smell and the experience of their cigars." I pried him a little more and found out that apparently, his cigar business is way bigger than his pipe business, so I guess in his eyes, the pipe smokers arent all that important.