Wo darf man in Las Vegas noch Zigarren rauchen? Das sei die Million-Dollar-Frage, schreibt das Las Vegas Review Journal in «It’s boom or bust for cigar lounges on Las Vegas Strip»:

Once poised to become The Next Big Thing, cigar lounges on the Strip have become almost A Thing of the Past. There’s The Lounge in Andre’s restaurant at Monte Carlo and Casa Fuente at Forum Shops, where Moore takes his daily lunch/cigar break. While there are plenty of places to buy cigars, there aren’t too many places left specifically designed for lounging and cigar smoking. In the early 2000s, the Strip boasted at least half a dozen cigar lounges, say local shop owners.

Vegas-Reisende finden im Artikel einige Tipps. Interessant ist auch das Fazit von Michael Frey, dem «cigar king» von Las Vegas, der das Ende des Kuba-Embargos herbeisehnt:

«People still like to smoke. It’s just a nice part of that whole ‹get away to Vegas and enjoy yourself› thing,» he says. «Cigars are here to stay, you know. With the demand slacking off, it’s given growers a chance to concentrate on growing great tobacco. And now everyone’s getting ready for the next boom, when Cuba opens up. In Vegas, I think it will be a boom market. People will be eating up Cubans (cigars).»