https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site Kit Marshal’s Commentary on . . . Eating Well in Asia and Beyond . . . Gastronomic Discoveries . . . Wine News Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:02:43 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.34 https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site/cigar-bars-in-thailand-are-feeling-the-heat/ https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site/cigar-bars-in-thailand-are-feeling-the-heat/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 10:45:28 +0000 http://www.restaurantdiningcritiques.com/?p=1655
Cigar bars are flourishing in Hong Kong and Singapore and are a conspicious show of wealth, although in Thailand, due to strict enforcement of anti-smoking laws, the cigar business is literally as dead as a stubbed out cigar. To make things even worse in an already adverse political and economic climate is the high import duty on cigars. Pacific Cigar Co. is Thailand’s largest importer of Cuban cigars and their sales have been dropping.

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