And you think gun owners get a hard time...

[rwsmith]

Try smoking a cigar in Minneapolis' only premuim cigar shop. State law says that you can 'sample' cigars in licensed shops, but some people are fighting that.

Minneapolis Cigar Shop Faces 15-Minute Time Limit For Smoking Cigars​

A new law that was signed on May 1 will prohibit more than 15 minutes of indoor smoking time at the city’s sole cigar lounge


Here's the link:

Minneapolis Cigar Shop Faces 15-Minute Time Limit For Smoking Cigars | Cigar Aficionado

A new law that was signed on May 1 will prohibit more than 15 minutes of indoor smoking time at the city’s sole cigar lounge. | Cigar Aficionado

www.cigaraficionado.com

I remember a TV show where a 'compromise' was reached allowing men to smoke cigars as long as they blew the smoke into a paper bag. That was funny. This isn't.

 

[John in Yuma]

Ah! You can never have enough good government.
It's for your own good, you ungrateful slob.

 

[Rudi]

Just amazing what the gubmnt does to help us.

 

[Onomea]

Jeez. That is ridiculous.

(I hate to think what time limits will be put on public lavatory usage in Minneapolis... "Two minutes max, and yer outta here, ready or not!"j

 

[BC38]

We're living in clown-world 2025.
IT'S a CIGAR shop!
If you don't want to be exposed to cigar smoke, fine! Then don't GO THERE!
Don't try to tell the patrons of this business they can't enjoy a CIGAR at a CIGAR shop!
We are so emasculated that we have become a society that allows a minority of Karen's to impose THEIR ideas of what is OK on all the rest of us.
RESIST! Tell the Karens to SHOVE IT.

 

[Retired W4]

Stupid! Just plain stupid. The clock is ticking but I want to know how the cigar finishes. Cigar smokers know what I'm talking about. Onomea's idea of a timer over the urinal seems ridiculous but it is MN. No offence to those in Minnesota but you all need to get a handle on these things. It may already be too late.

 

[yeti]

Enjoy your cigar on your schedule. Dare the local nomenklatura hierarchy to do something about it.

 

[IAM Rand]

Does the 15 minute time start over if you walk outside of the shop and then walk back in? When they tell you they are doing it for your own good just remember that they are blowing smoke up your................!

 

[TX-Dennis]

Enjoy your cigar on your schedule. Dare the local nomenklatura hierarchy to do something about it.

They let murderers out without cash bail, but this is a serious offense. Bond set at $250,000. Bangs gavel.

 

[URIT]

Most of Minnesota is not as nuts as the politicos in the Twin Cities metro area.

 

[CalifEd]

Take the 15 minute sample time.
THEN take your time attempting to put it out.

 

[pawngal]

Even I know that is ridiculous.

 

[BloodyThumb]

Every box of cigars comes with a free tampon too.

 

[oldbrownhat]

VP Thomas Marshall, re-interpreted for 21st c. Minneapolis

 

[Shibadog]

I remember Reagan saying “The most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”.

 

[rwsmith]

What gets me is that the bill isn't 'proposed', it's PASSED. And I wouldn't give a flip about the ordinance, but the shop can get fined and probably shut down for being out of compliance. I think I'd move outside the city limits.

 

[Kinman]

On occasion I used to buy a nice $5 cigar on my way from downtown after my shift had ended, it usually was in with another half dozen or so that I would smoke through the week. I would stop at the nice cigar store at the Flour Mill, go outside fire it up then walk the four blocks or so the place I worked. I would cup the cigar and walk through the garage, once I entered the locker room I would quickly dump my gear and leave. If I had my jacket with me I often lay it in my pocket briefly. Once outside the building I would puff it back to full operational enjoyment. I did have someone follow me once and when I was leaving the building said "Are you smoking a cigar?" I said "Not until I get out of the building."
I loved the scene in a movie where Albert Finney played an Irish gangster, he was enjoying a cigar and spirits while laying in bed listening to opera on a turntable. Some guys came in to do him in, he put his cigar in the pocket of his lounging jacket and did them all in, jumping out a second story window with a Thompson, the getaway car speeds off. With a series of bursts he takes out the car where it crashes and burns into a tree. He reaches into his pocket, puts the cigar in his mouth and a few puffs later is back in business...Classic.