The whipped cream flowed from canister to pumpkin pie. Hot coffee was poured into mugs. Others chose a cold bottle of Yuengling or a glass of red wine. Most important, the cigars were lit and everyone ...

One night last week the small ballroom of Manhattan’s Hotel Pennsylvania oozed cigar smoke at every crack. Cigar makers, wholesalers and dealers were gathered to ponder the plight of the U. S. cigar.

Corey M. Stansbury smokes eight cigars a day. Eight. "I eat, sleep, dream and breathe this culture," said Stansbury, owner of Sikar Lounge in Wilmington's Trolley Square and a vocal proponent of the ...