Texas-born comedian Ron White, also known as "Tater Salad" (a nickname he got in the Navy years ago; it stuck) first came to the attention of a national audience as one-fourth of the Blue Collar ...

A cloud of smoke pours from his Davidoff cigar and a glass of Macallan 18-year Scotch rests in hand. White's image is so synonymous with cigars that Davidoff has made him their world ambassador.

I'll be backstage and light a cigar and pour a really nice glass of scotch and turn up some loud rock 'n' roll, then go out and do my thing." For more information on Ron White, go to tatersalad ...

Ron White is known for chew­ing on his punch lines between puffs from his cigar and sips of scotch while onstage. His latest tour, “Moral Com­pass,” promises more of the same from the ...

scotch-drinking rough persona he exudes on stage is his real personality, he said. "I'm smoking a cigar right now," he said from his home in Suwanee on Tuesday. White said he didn't start doing ...