pipe tobacco & utensils

[JAL]

My friend said there's a little cigar bar near to the station I'm not too sure where. Does anyone know anywhere on the east side of the city know where you can buy rolling papers. Every time I need them I have to get a taxi to reggae bar.

Does anyone have more specific details on location? I looked and looked but could not find.

[hangzhouvian]

The high end hotels have cigars. During the Qing Dynasty cigar smoking was very popular. In Ningbo there is an ancient library you can visit. In the courtyard is a bronze statue of three men playing chess and you can sit at the fourth (empty) seat an "play".

However, the international political situation during the 20th Century led people to believe that cigars were a symbol of racist international capitalism etc and the habit of smoking them died quickly. Most of my friends find them too strong for their taste and quickly change to a cigarette.

I don't smoke 'em here because I'm a confirmed "JRCigar" fan/customer and when I compare the JR prices to Chinese prices, I nearly have a heart attack. I don't mind burning up a couple of dollars, but when the price of the same cigar approaches $20, I rebel.

[JAL]

I buy foreign made cigars through - http://www.cigarsalesonline.com/cigar_s ... 179f8d5657

I buy Chinese cigars through - http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=6349264433

I would like to find a Hangzhou shop. Hotels bars are way too expensive!

Throughout history cigars were smoked regularly by both men and women. Then came the Victorian era and it was unacceptable for a woman to have a phallic symbol hanging from her lips. The tobacco companies developed the small cigar (Cigarette) for women. Real men still smoke cigars. Women have started returning to smoking cigars ever since Demi Moore was featured on the cover of Cigar Aficionado magazine with a phallic symbol in a provocative manner. http://www.google.com.hk/imgres?imgurl= ... s%3Disch:1

[JAL]

A word of caution - no not cigars are dangerous to your health.

I have been told that importation of more than 100 cigars at a time MAY cause a duty to be imposed.
I cannot verify this because I never have a need to order more than 100 at a time, usually only 80.

Today I received 80 Churchills (dark wrapper - long filler) from the DR. AHhhhhhhhh!!!!!! Minimum 300 rmb each in a Hotel Bar in China. lol lol lol

Chinese cigars are just left over short cut cigarette tobacco.

[lanky]

uh i forgot to ask for the precise address - where is that wushan bird and flower market exactly? could you maybe give me the chinese characters for it? thanks

by the way - does pipe tobacco seem less interesting to you when the air is as moist as it is right now? its so hot and humid i can barely taste the smoke outside