A Cigar Smoker’s Paradise IN THE CORNHUSKER STATE

Jay Lerner of Omaha built a lavish smoking room to match his vast inventory of fine cigars

BY GARRETT RUTLEDGE

To have a cigar room, to not have a cigar room? That is the question Jay Lerner of Omaha, Nebraska, contemplated for nearly 20 years. When he was building a new house in 1999, a cigar room was part of the original plans until the very last minute, when he scratched the idea. “I thought ‘I’m gonna spend every night of my life smoking cigars and drinking Scotch and that’s probably not smart,’ ” he says. But 22 years later (“and at 22 times the cost,” he jokes) he went back to his original plan. Now, he finally has what he’s wanted for so long, a smoking room all his own. Lerner’s luxurious “Grand Havana Room’’ was finished in 2021, and the final product is a smoking spot any aficionado…

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Cigar Aficionado (Digital) - 1 Issue, July/August 2023

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