sblevit Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 My friend, Edumndo Dantes, just arrived from Mexico. Check out this nastiness. The pic on the front of the box is clearly intended to imply a little girl standing over her dead father (who strangely is wearing wool gloves -- may be a Mexican custom). The vendor tried to cut off the most offensive part of the sticker by slicing the sticker in half, leaving nasty, exposed glue on the top of the box. The sticker on the bottom of the box contains all sorts of warnings about heart and vascular disease, that smoking can cause a heart attack and that cigars contain Toulene, which is "used as a potent toxic paint thinner" (they do?). I didn't realize that the fun police had made their way south of the border to such an extreme.
IcedCanuck Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Interesting ... the boxes at the duty free shops in the Cancun airport did not have any stickers on them. I wonder why some places have to put them on and others do not.
sblevit Posted November 2, 2011 Author Posted November 2, 2011 Interesting ... the boxes at the duty free shops in the Cancun airport did not have any stickers on them. I wonder why some places have to put them on and others do not. The Mexicans do not care if gringo tourists get Montezuma's Revenge, why would you think they care about heart disease?
KarlJ Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Holy Hell, does that actually work as intended??? If they are gonna do that they should have to atleast use depictions that were caused strictly by cigar use. Anything else is just suggestive and potentially misleading. What's next they gonna put a picture of rosie o'donnell on my big Mac box? Wait, that might actually work -Karl
stinkhead Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 The box I got had the image cut in half also. I am trying to decide what is uglier, the corpse or the glue left behind...
Rushman Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Welcome to Mexico my friend! Same thing on cigarettes sold here. They also have dead animals on some stickers. --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=20.629998,-87.069727
sblevit Posted November 2, 2011 Author Posted November 2, 2011 The box I got had the image cut in half also. I am trying to decide what is uglier, the corpse or the glue left behind... Rub that glue off with your thumb. Take two minutes.
nubchin Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 The Mexicans do not care if gringo tourists get Montezuma's Revenge, why would you think they care about heart disease? True
Fuzz Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 If they are gonna do that they should have to atleast use depictions that were caused strictly by cigar use. Anything else is just suggestive and potentially misleading. So the new stickers should be something like this? "WARNING - Do Not Smoke Cigars... or you could be as rich, successful and happy as me"
sblevit Posted November 2, 2011 Author Posted November 2, 2011 I'm lobbying Congress for this warning sticker.
sblevit Posted November 2, 2011 Author Posted November 2, 2011 Notwithstanding the nasty stickers, the cigars themselves look great!
KarlJ Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 So the new stickers should be something like this? "WARNING - Do Not Smoke Cigars... or you could be as rich, successful and happy as me" Exactly
cigcars Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 So the new stickers should be something like this? "WARNING - Do Not Smoke Cigars... or you could be as rich, successful and happy as me" Whoa, Ho, I like that one! Great comeback!
kmagurk Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 who took that picture of my wife with one of MY cigars in her mouth ?
tmac77 Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 Love to hear back from you on the source of these in a PM. Tom
Phillycyclocross Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 I hope the toluene thing is false. I used that stuff in the military and they banned it after they found it caused kidney failure. It would clear out a hanger in a minute and will peel the paint/varnish/chrome/anything it touches off in a matter of seconds.
CigarAsh Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 I hope the toluene thing is false. I used that stuff in the military and they banned it after they found it caused kidney failure. It was would clear out a hanger in a minute and will peel the paint/varnish/chrome/anything it touches off in a matter of seconds. Toluene has been measured in Cigarettes before, but as far as I know, never in cigars. It's all part of the campaign to lump all tobacco products together regardless of what they are or how they're used. Here's a little reference I found that shows no measure of toluene in cigars.
Phillycyclocross Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 I hope the toluene thing is false. I used that stuff in the military and they banned it after they found it caused kidney failure. It would clear out a hanger in a minute and will peel the paint/varnish/chrome/anything it touches off in a matter of seconds. That being said, we used to use it to wash our hands even with the warning (add to the list of dumb things I've done). But then again I've had over a dozen kidney stones since. I still use it when I need to strip something. Can't help it. It's hands down the best(worst?) thing to use.
SCgarman Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 Sad thing is they have covered up the box code and date on the bottom with that nasty sticker. I would use a hair dryer and some citrus oil and remove all those ugly stickers from your boxes. Just takes a little time and patience.
sblevit Posted November 3, 2011 Author Posted November 3, 2011 Sad thing is they have covered up the box code and date on the bottom with that nasty sticker. I would use a hair dryer and some citrus oil and remove all those ugly stickers from your boxes. Just takes a little time and patience. That sounds like a project for this weekend!
nick17 Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 Toulene is in cretin fuels and if you use a gasoline based lighter fuel thats where it CAN come from
sblevit Posted November 3, 2011 Author Posted November 3, 2011 I wonder if I can use Toulene to remove the stickers from my boxes?
CigarAsh Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 I wonder if I can use Toulene to remove the stickers from my boxes? :rotfl: I have to admit, my favorite activity when I get a new Czar box in is seeing if, ever so slowly and ever so carefully, I can peel off the stickers without leaving anything behind.
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