I am Connor Coles, a student at Rowan University who is passionate about the cigar industry. I am a radio/television/film & journalism double major, with a minor in political science. Now, you might be wondering, “why does a college kid care about cigars?”
Ever since I knew about cigars, I’ve always wanted to be involved with them. As a kid I’d act as if my pretzel rod was a cigar, but to me it wasn’t just in good fun, it was something that in the future I would want to make a reality.
The prompt for picking your beat for the class I am making this website for, was to make a site about something that you want to write about, that you would love to cover for an entire semester. The first thought that came to my mind was cigar lounges of South Jersey, which is exactly what you will read about on this blog.
I will be looking at bringing you interviews from managers of these lounges, ambassadors of cigar companies who come for events at lounges, and of fellow customers so you get their perspective too!
You’ll get to hear from owners at times as well, such as Akhil Kapacee of Regius Ciagrs, who I had the pleasure to see and shoot some pool with at Lit Cigar Lounge in Swedesboro! We talked about everything cigars, his company, and well, everything not cigars too.
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I will be going to different lounges over the course of the next few months in order to give you options and opinions on all the places you might be considering going back to. You will learn about what they have been up to during quarantine, changes that they have made to their operations, the overall product selection at these lounges, and what events and precautions they are taking as restrictions have loosened in New Jersey.
~Connor Coles
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