Category Archives: RYO LifeStyle Blog

Smoke Em if you Got Em? States To Raise Minimum Age

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  Last January in 2016 Hawaii and California both declared a form of legislation to raise the minimum age requirement to purchase tobacco from 18-19 to 21 years old. Following suit another 24 States are also indicating that they will do the same. During the current 2017 legislative season there have been 5 States (out […]

The Changing Tastes of the American Consumer

As a new generation of Americans takes over what we eat, consume, smoke, drink and even how we share everything (think: social media drenched world) is undergoing a transformative shift. Our Demographics are being redefined: in the 1960’s the primary “foreign born” immigrants were from Europe (65%), Canada (10%), South America (9%) and Asia (5%). […]

Every Great Meal Should be Paired with a Dessert Wine

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Dessert wines complement great company, a premium cigar and a meal that can be a simple as a burger and fries or the latest gastronomical delicacy you selected from Julia Child?s last cookbook. Dessert Wine Basics for the Novice or the Gourmand Desert wines are made using extra sweet wine grapes with a fermentation process […]

Florida Smoke Shops sue State Over New Law Restricting Pipe Sales

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Smoke stores across the Florida state are wishing a new law, controlling what they can deal in, will be spoiled. Thirty stores have taken legal action to block implementation of the rules, which became operative in July and ultimately wipe them out. The law that was passed in the previous parliamentary session, makes it an […]

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