After reading these, I count myself lucky. That is not a trend I have seen here. I have two very nice true Cigar bars within 15 of my house and a couple more well stocked cigar stores with smoking areas. Both of the nearby cigar bars are often times busy. Neither one cares if you bring your own. I still buy from them though.
One if them just bought a barrel of Blantons and released about half the bottles were made available for sale. A complete set on a barrel stave was also auctioned off. Anyway, the true cigar bars seem to be thriving.