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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Who Smokes Cigars?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</guid><description><![CDATA[May I respectfully ask why cigars are viewed as a luxury?  I don't see them as any more of a luxury item than chewing tobacco or chewing gum.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2009 11:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Who Smokes Cigars?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's more about the image of success & wealth, than a luxury. Anyone, including hobos, can afford cigars. The reason it has the image of luxury is because people always think of the average cigar smoker as someone who has a large amount of disposable income, due to the media and the fact that he could be smoking cigarettes instead.<br><br>Think about it, even the cheapest european luxury car will always be seen as more luxurious than a fully loaded Dodge that costs 5 times as much. It's not the price of the car/cigar... its the image from what the public considers as the average user.<br><br>If one day the media started to associate wealthy & successful people with coconut doughnuts, I guarantee that coconut doughnuts would be then seen as a luxury.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[William]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2009 12:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Who Smokes Cigars?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</guid><description><![CDATA[David, I admire your respectfulness but can't bring myself to emulate it.  Cigars are just repulsive.  Smokers, don't kid yourselves, the rest of the world can't stand the stench.  Why do you think you're being hounded out of restaurants and bars and clubs!?  No, sorry, it doesn't make you look all rebel and rakish and successful.  Also, you're just begging for mouth cancer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[shieldsbrown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2009 12:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Who Smokes Cigars?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</guid><description><![CDATA[RE to shields....<br><br>A typical stupid ignorant rant about the "hate" of cigar smokers....<br><br>You shields... are not the "rest of the world" so STFU about what the world hates..<br><br>Cigars are by far the most misunderstood articles of luxury in the world ,as such they are for some  and not for all.<br><br>Let the shield.....`s  of the world rejoice in their ignorance  while we smoke a Habano while drinking a Mojito.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[el chefe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2009 12:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Who Smokes Cigars?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks for the abuse, El Chefe.  Always nice to know one's opinion will be respected here at Luxist.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[shieldsbrown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2009 1:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Who Smokes Cigars?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sorry sheilds, your post goes further than just an "opinion". You deserve NO respect. My opinion is that you're a shithead, an ignorant one @ that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jimmy Hines]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2009 2:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Who Smokes Cigars?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</guid><description><![CDATA[You're right, I did go beyond the boundaries of respect, but not as badly as you and e.c..  And smoking in any form still smells bad and makes you sick.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[shieldsbrown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2009 2:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Who Smokes Cigars?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh dear!  I personally find cigars repulsive and always have...even being a former smoker.  However I know of many people who do like smoking them and, while I don't fault them for it, I do try to avoid them when they're blazing up as I don't find the smell pleasant at all.<br><br>Two things come to mind...different stripes and strokes for different types of folks...and...there's a time and place for everything.<br><br>Peace to all.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2009 3:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Who Smokes Cigars?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</guid><description><![CDATA[shield...`s is a tool.<br><br>Respect?  pls....<br><br>el chefe went light on you ,you deserve much more...<br><br>David here is a person with a valid opinion,he does not like the smell,that is HIS opinion and he does not represent the world, see......? pretty EZ 2 Me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[hey dude7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2009 5:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Who Smokes Cigars?]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/03/who-smokes-cigars/</guid><description><![CDATA[Luxury/penalty taxes of this sort are about unfair as it gets.   This isn't a 150k car or 500k yacht we are talking about here but a small indulgence for the average person who CHOOSES to partake.   I agree with the article and find that a wide range of socioeconomic groups do indeed choose to smoke cigars.   So taxing these things hit the lower income groups much harder than the rich groups they supposedly target.<br><br>And people who are all for these taxes because they don't smoke be careful what you wish for.   If and when they lose tax revenues from these taxes and/or they feel they need more taxes than these can provide, watch out.   Next time they may come after something you enjoy or are passionate about.<br><br>The fix for all this ""smoking in public places" is so easy the tax inventors don't want you know or understand it.   It's as simple as spending the money to separate and/or ventilate space so no secondhand smoke ever gets to someone who doesn't want to be exposed to it.   It's can easily be done in the majority of public commercial spaces out there.   That is a fact.<br><br>Be aware!   Big brother is lurking out there considering the taxation or removal something you may enjoy.   Wake up and smell what you're asking for!<br> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2009 3:59PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>