d e p a r t m e n t s 10 SMOKE Front An update on Cuba, a hockey team called the Smoke, a cussin', smokin' sock pup-pet named Ed, the Cigar Awards, Workin' Stiffs, some tasty BBQ, and our Celebrity Panelist, "One Tough Cop" named Bo Dietl. 42 SMOKE Slant Auld Lang-xiety: With the rest of the free world out partying, Rick Shaw spent New Year's Eve 2000 home in bed. 46 OP-ED: What Lew Says Lew Rothman treks through the Amazon River basin with an elite team Of botanists to find out what's new in the cigar industry. Why? Because he cares. 48 SMOKE Q&A SMOKE talks to Oscar Boruchin, president of Mike's Cigars, about Cuba, Florida, and, of course, cigars. 50 SMOKE Drink No longer the dusty drink of felonious cowboys, tequila has gone highbrow. The Walkers sample some of Mexicali's finest. 54 SMOKE Undercover Desert Depravity: Las Vegas has been cleaning itself up to appeal to families, but the murder of one of its own set Sin City back a step or two. Mike Jessee investigates the bizarre murder of Ted Binion. 84 SMOKE Cigar Review Short, fat, and handsome! SMOKE reviews the robusto, in all its vertically-challenged, horizontally-endowed splendor. Our hardy panelists taste over 50 premiums, for your smoking pleasure. 130 Blowin' SMOKE Few sports have the rich history of our national pastime. Bert Sugar offers up some of his favorite baseball tales ... some of them even true! Return to previous page... CURRENT ISSUE ARCHIVES SUBSCRIBE REVIEWS CIGAR FORUM SEARCH CONTEST SHOPPING HTML Copyright © 2000 by Keys Technologies and SMOKE Magazine. All rights reserved.