Tobacco reviews blocked?

[Gaius Marius]

If anybody wants a VPN and chooses to go with Nord, I'd like to do the thing where I send you the link. This will get us both free time with the service.

 

[William Ziegler]

Not blocked in ND. I have VPN through Malwarebytes. I like it. I'm not surprised about European censorship. I still remember my last time in London in 2016. Tobacco shops had to blacken their windows or go out of business, or sell non-tobacco items, like Dunhill. So people turn to the internet, so then governments start bocking pro-tobacco websites. VP Vance just addressed the European Union on website freedom.

 

[Timbo]

Oddly when refreshing the site, I can see the age warning for a split second then the cloudflare error pops up. Will play with my vpn to see whether I can get in.

 

[Singed]

I have received absolutely no response to my e-mails from either Tobacco Reviews or Tobacco Pipes, not sure it's even worth pursuing. If they can't be bothered informing us of the difficulty I can't see being bothered to use their sites any longer. They're both associated with Sutliff/MacBaren so they won't be making any future improvements to their sites. There are other sites with active investment in the pipe community that would benefit from support.

 

[Igor]

I am also blocked from Canada, actually not just tobaccoreviews, a few tobacco related websites are also blocking. I was able to access it with VPN and USA IP.

 

[Jazzman885]

I'm blocked too, here in UK. No apparent reason, and I have never posted anything like on the site

 

[Carlos]

Apparently it is the website owners themselves, STG doing the blocking. Hopefully it will get resolved

 

[Singed]

Somehow, I am not surprised.

 

[Robert q]

Thanks for checking dts...anyone else from Canada having the same issue?

I rattled off an e-mail to see if they have an explanation.

Hi I am here in Ireland and I have been blocked also for some reason

 

[Robert q]

Hi I am here in Ireland and I have also been blocked , and I have no idea why

 

[Andy-man]

I am blocked too (UK and Germany).

I just tried to access Tobacco Reviews and found myself blocked also. Never had any problems in the past with this web site, which I've always found very useful. What is going on here? I tried to email the owner of the site as suggested, but got the same blocked message! Is there another tobacco-reviewing site that you, or anyone else, could recommend please?

 

[Singed]

@Andy-man The reviews of tobaccos on Smokingpipes.com are quite helpful and their product descriptions are comprehensive. You will find many of the same people who posted reviews in Tobacco reviews also posted in SP and TP (which is also blocked out for most areas).

 

[Bill (w/eoPd)]

I can access the site without utilizing a VPN but recommend using one nonetheless.

 

[daveinlax]

Hi I am here in Ireland and I have also been blocked , and I have no idea why

It’s been said it has to do with liability dealing with advertising and tobacco content.

 

[Singed]

I would accept that except that Canada doesn't have the stringent advertising controls that Europe has. Sites not previously associated with McBaren/ Sutliff are still easily accessible in Canada. The limited sites all appear to be associated with STG's take-over of McBaren/ Sutliff. I am more inclined to believe that this is part of STG's monopolization policy than anything else, at the risk of generalizing, it would appear STG wants to cripple the market previously served by McBaren/Sutliff through any means at their disposal.

 

[Andy-man]

@Andy-man The reviews of tobaccos on Smokingpipes.com are quite helpful and their product descriptions are comprehensive. You will find many of the same people who posted reviews in Tobacco reviews also posted in SP and TP (which is also blocked out for most areas).

Thanks, Singed. I will try SP as you suggest.