“Titans of Tobacco” Raises More Than $228,000 For Cigar Rights Of America
Jazz music, cigar smoke and the shouts of passionate bidders drifted over the swimming pool at the Tamarack Country Club in Greenwich, Connecticut, earlier this month at a luxury cigar dinner and live auction hosted by The Tobacconist of Greenwich. The sold-out event, called “Titans of Tobacco,” brought together the leaders of six notable cigar companies to mingle with 300 guests and auction off ultra-rare cigars. Proceeds from the auction will go to Cigar Rights of America (CRA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the rights of premium cigar smokers and lobbying against smoking bans, tax hikes and excessive government regulation. By the end of the night, the smoky fundraiser had raised more than $228,000 for the CRA.