The Rascals, Rogues, and Rapscallions is a cigar-friendly men's fraternal society devoted to scholarly research on obscure topics.

[7][8] In addition to its regular meetings, which are for men only, chapters host an annual ball, to which women are welcome, and at which presentations of the Landgraf medal and Rascal 'o the Year trophy are made.

[10]Before research presentations, its members sing "Interesting Thing" the society's theme song, composed by Greg Scheer.

In the early days of society, public restaurants had rooms set aside for parties that wished to smoke.

Since that time, however, increasingly restrictive legislation has driven the Rascals, Rogues, and Rapscallions from public restaurants to private clubs, such as the Moose Lodge or the Maennerchor Society, where smoking is permitted.

This ballad, and its author/composer, have been the subject of considerable RR&R research, including, most recently, "Second-Hand Smoke: James Maurice Hubbard and the Search for the Elusive Author and Composer of America’s Second Favorite Song" by Daniel Paul Morrison.

Pennsylvania State Poet Samuel John Hazo wrote and presented "When the Evening Gets Down to Cigars"[12] to the Rascals, Rogues, and Rapscallions at the December 4, 1993 meeting of the Pittsburgh Lair, a meeting dedicated to the life and times of Moses F. Gale, the inventor of a gas-fired cigar lighter.

[14][15]Since 1995, the Jonathan Zerse Landgraf medal has been presented annually to the winner of each Lair's Mass Challenge competition.

[16] The Rascal o' the Year trophy is presented annually in each chapter to the individual who most exemplifies the qualities of the society, as determined by popular vote.

[19] It includes some of the presentations at RR&R quarterly meetings.Members are organized into four ranks: Postulates, Rascals, Rogues, and Rapscallions.