WELCOME FORMER CIGARS AUSTRALIA FORUM MEMBERS !
By now most Australian folks are coming to terms with the fact that one of the most used Cigar Discussion forums (within Australia) has come to an end.....for now at least:cryloud::cryloud:.
The reasons - well, they're complicated, but the gist is that it's as a direct result for the Australian Federal Governments 'Tobacco Plain Packaging Reforms' and new Internet legislation specifically devoted to the online selling, sharing, advertising and depiction of tobacco (in our case cigars) within Australia. It's a massive, and misguided form of control, and smacks of political stupidity:hammersma:nono::angryteet:angerFU:. Nonetheless, we've been left to navigate the ways through and around the system, and most of us seem to have taken refuge here, our new landing pad - the BOTL website:clap::clap:. To that I'd like to say thanks to the BOTL website operators, and the BOTL community in general:tiphat::tiphat:.
You cannot imagine the conditions that have been imposed on the cigar loving community of Australia, in fact to varying degree's there could be arguments that the community will (in some form) destroy the 1-3% of the Australian cigar loving community. But cigars lovers are a resilient bunch, and in true Aussie spirit we'll take take it on the chin - and keep of rolling through.
By now most Australian folks are coming to terms with the fact that one of the most used Cigar Discussion forums (within Australia) has come to an end.....for now at least:cryloud::cryloud:.
The reasons - well, they're complicated, but the gist is that it's as a direct result for the Australian Federal Governments 'Tobacco Plain Packaging Reforms' and new Internet legislation specifically devoted to the online selling, sharing, advertising and depiction of tobacco (in our case cigars) within Australia. It's a massive, and misguided form of control, and smacks of political stupidity:hammersma:nono::angryteet:angerFU:. Nonetheless, we've been left to navigate the ways through and around the system, and most of us seem to have taken refuge here, our new landing pad - the BOTL website:clap::clap:. To that I'd like to say thanks to the BOTL website operators, and the BOTL community in general:tiphat::tiphat:.
You cannot imagine the conditions that have been imposed on the cigar loving community of Australia, in fact to varying degree's there could be arguments that the community will (in some form) destroy the 1-3% of the Australian cigar loving community. But cigars lovers are a resilient bunch, and in true Aussie spirit we'll take take it on the chin - and keep of rolling through.
