It’s hard to imagine anything that threatens the worldview of the new age more than cigar smoking. Cigars are symbols of everything the culture warriors deem despicable: Masculinity, capitalism, affluence, freedom. That of course is why I and I am sure many Federalist readers find so much pleasure in occasionally puffing away on a well-made smoke.

I suspect it’s also at least part of the reason the Obama Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently decided to drop what the industry is calling a “nuclear bomb” of new regulations that will affect every cigar retailer and individual smoker. Read More