Tobacconist University:  This site provides free educational resources for consumers and professional tobacconists.  Their mandate is to research, learn, and teach.  Their vision is to build and project credibility of the luxury tobacco industry in order to gain cultural acceptance around the world.

Great Northern Pipe Club:  The purpose of the Great Northern Pipe Club is to stimulate and advance the welfare of pipe smoking, pipe collecting, and tobacco.  It develops a fraternal spirit among pipe smokers and provides a medium for the exchange of information among its members.

Cigar Rights of America:  Fighting for the Freedom to enjoy fine cigars!  Other Minnesota members include Tobacco Grove, Stogies on Grand, Golden Leaf, and Cigar Jones.

SipSmokeSavor:  Fascinating web site that's all about cigars, whiskey, chocolate, and fine foods. 

Cigar Network Magazine:  The Cigar Network is an innovative and new kind of cigar magazine in that it was designed to be highly educational and consumer based. With a broad spectrum of regular features and constantly fresh material it can be enjoyed by novice cigar smokers all the way through the most experienced.

International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association:  Founded in 1933, the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association is the oldest, largest and most active trade association representing and assisting premium retail tobacconists and their suppliers. IPCPR is a not-for-profit trade association organized as the advocate for the independent retail tobacconist and recognized as the "Voice of Authority and Reason" on premium tobacco related issues. IPCPR provides its members with assistance to fight draconian and onerous tobacco legislation, and brings retailers and manufacturers together in mutually advantageous business relationships.

National Association of Tobacco Outlets:  The National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) is an association organized to enhance the common business interests of tobacco outlets, to support the legislative interests of association members and to encourage the expansion of the tobacco outlet marketplace segment of the tobacco industry in a responsible and law abiding manner.

The Cigar Labels Gazette:   The Cigar-Label Gazette is a web site newsletter promoting the antique cigar label as a collectable. We started in July 1995 with a printed newsletter. This web site has been online in one form or another since January 1997. Many of the images are very rare. Most examples are chromolithographs. 

Cigar Places:  A great collection of links for cigar lounges and the like across the country.  If you're on the road and looking for someplace to enjoy a cigar, this is better than the yellow pages!

Havana Nights Cigar Club:   A Twin Cities Cigar club that meets once a month to smoke cigars and have a fine beverage.  They also have a blog that's linked on their main page. 

Blog Critics:  This one is not a tobacco site, just a very interesting collection of blog critics on everything from movies to books, politics, sports, gaming, culture, etc.  Some interesting reads. 

Twin Cities Fun:  A pretty good site for finding things to do and places to go in the Twin Cities area., including music, food, and a variety of other events.  A good place to look if you're starting to plan your weekend.