Will President Obama be "cigar friendly?" |
| 11/8/2008 1:53:45 PM |
 Now that America has spoken by electing Barack Obama its 44th president, there's no doubt "change" is in the cards. All sorts of questions have arisen since he made his victory speech. Will he continue to lean "left" as he did in the Senate, or will he rule more as a "centrist?" Will he raise taxes on small businesses? Will he push through a... Read More |
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The Politics of Cigars Don't Box Me in! |
| 11/2/2008 11:38:19 AM |
 Cigars have long been a part of the iconography of American politics. On the negative side, early-twentieth-century newspaper cartoons symbolized the greed of villainous "party bosses" and robber barons by showing fat men lighting their stogies with one-hundred dollar bills. On a more positive note, cigar boxes were also used to advertise for various campaigns -... Read More |
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Retro-Smoke Cigar: Oliva Master Blends 2 Churchill |
| 10/26/2008 9:02:55 AM |
 Earlier this week I alluded to the cigar I'm writing about today: The Oliva Master Blends 2 Churchill. I've had this cigar in my humidor for about three years, and must admit that I was a bit sad at the thought of lighting it up, since it was not only my last, but maybe one of the last of these cigars on earth. Since Oliva only made these in limited edition, they've become... Read More |
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Cigars from Everywhere A Look at the Best Cigars from Two Nations |
| 10/23/2008 8:53:25 PM |
 The best cigars in the world, if you''re just looking at rankings, tend to come from only a few countries, most of them Latin American: Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and those banned-in-America Cuban cigars that everyone talks about. However, excellent tobacco is grown all over the world?some regions that you might not immediately think of include... Read More |
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Why Churchill's most famous photo had no cigar |
| 10/19/2008 7:57:24 AM |
 Ready for a little cigar history today? Perhaps a better way to phrase it would be "no cigar" history. In a column I read last month titled, "No reason to scowl" by John Sewell in The Ottawa Citizen, a reader wrote that he had inherited a black-and-white portrait of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill from his late grandfather that was signed by... Read More |
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Interesting Opinions On Cigars From Recent Survey |
| 10/14/2008 9:37:31 AM |
 According to a recent survey by the ASC (alt.smokers.cigars) the following results were obtained from a recent online survey of cigar smokers:
86% of cigar smokers report that they do not inhale.
The average number of cigars smoked per week is 6.74 at and average price of $4.34
The best individual cigars were the Romeo y Julieta Churchill(Cuba) with 8 votes, the Cohiba... Read More |
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How Do you rate a Cigar? |
| 10/13/2008 8:26:08 PM |
 The cigar ratings supplied by publications like Cigar Magazine and Cigar Aficionado form an important part of the modern cigar industry. For cigar smokers, these ratings provide guidance in a crowded market.
As pressed-for-time moviegoers may look to Roger Ebert for guidance at the multiplex, smokers use the magazines'' ratings to cut down on their in-store browsing time.... Read More |
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Reviving dry cigars kept in a factory cigar box |
| 10/10/2008 5:37:23 PM |
 I was going through a list of past "advice" columns this morning when I found this lil' nugget. I updated it a bit and hope you find it useful:
If you store your cigars in their factory boxes and they're starting to dry out, here's a really good way to revive them. Note that if the cigars are very dry they will be difficult to revive satisfactorily. The key is, if... Read More |
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What Drinks Go Best with Cigars |
| 10/1/2008 1:39:38 PM |
 The signs are everywhere: more and more Americans are interested again in the idea of using their homes to entertain friends and associates.
An Amazon search for books on "entertaining" calls up over 468,000 hits, while?if you search "party ideas" on Google?you get nineteen million. Whereas entertaining seemed to disappear from the culture''s radar... Read More |
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Clipping Figurado-shaped cigars |
| 9/29/2008 9:59:36 PM |
 For some new cigar smokers, their first experience with "Torpedo," "Belicoso," "Pyramid," "Double Perfecto," and other tapered head cigars can be a little confusing. Do you clip it? Punch it? Bite it?
Generally referred to as "Figurados," one thing these attractive-looking cigars have in common is a tapered head, or a head... Read More |
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Why age your cigars after they arrive? |
| 9/27/2008 1:58:51 PM |
 Here's an "age old" question for you (perhaps "age new" question would be a better term for the purposes of this post). I have often been asked why aging your cigars after purchasing them, whether it be at a neighborhood cigar store or by mail, is a common practice. One particular reader recently brought up the following good point:
"When I buy... Read More |
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Famous Modern Male Icons Who Enjoy Cigars |
| 9/27/2008 9:51:42 AM |
 After years of decline, smoking cigars abruptly returned to popularity in America in the 1990s, with cigars bars and shops springing up even in smaller towns and cities. Some of America''s great male icons of sports and entertainment were quick to pick up the habit, while others had been closet cigar smokers for years.
Jack Nicholson
The three-time Oscar-winning star (1936-)... Read More |
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Famous Smoke Shop to host 601 Cigars In-Store Event and Cigar Dinner |
| 9/26/2008 9:29:39 AM |
 On Saturday, October 11th, Famous Smoke Shop will host two very special cigar events with Erik Espinosa and Patrick Vivalo of E/O Brands, makers of 601 cigars, Cubao cigars, and Mi Barrio cigars, among others blended exclusively by Don José Pepin Garcia. It all starts at 12:00 PM in the Famous Smoke Shop Retail Store in Easton, PA where the shop will be offering the... Read More |
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Humidors To The Rescue: For Every Quality Cigars Smoker |
| 9/21/2008 10:30:44 AM |
 Perhaps the movies are to blame. All those scenes where the powerful businessman or politician says to the ingenuous hero, "May I offer you a cigar," then - without missing a beat - brandishes a gold-embossed quality cigars case. A case with no humidity controls. A case that is not a humidor.
Whatever the reason, many casual smokers of quality cigars - and even... Read More |
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Quality Cigars In Pop Culture |
| 9/17/2008 2:49:19 PM |
 In the eyes of the general public smoking quality cigars are usually depicted as a passion of the rich. The image of one smoking a cigar brings to mind a celebration of good fortune such as the birth of a child. There is a habit in some gambling circles to buy and hold a cigar for luck in regards to a particular bet and to only smoke the cigar after winning the bet.
Accordin... Read More |
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Cigars Giving Cigars as a Gift |
| 9/11/2008 6:33:32 PM |
 Is there a cigar aficionado on your gift list? Wondering how to choose decent quality cigars for a friend or loved one? Even if you know nothing about quality cigars or choosing a good cigar, just learning a few basics can help you sniff out (sometimes literally) a good cigar to give to a friend.
Fortunately, quality cigars have now entered the mainstream. Once the symbol... Read More |
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The Original Punch Quality Cigars |
| 9/2/2008 11:37:35 AM |
 The original Punch cigar was created in 1840 by a Cuban cigar manufacturer named Manuel Lopez. In an effort to attract the British market, he named these quality cigars after Mr. Punch, the cantankerous half of the Punch and Judy puppet shows, which also inspired the name of the famous British humor magazine. Produced in Honduras for Villazon Company under the direction of... Read More |
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Natural Quality Cigars By Drew Estates |
| 8/30/2008 6:27:43 PM |
 For years, Jonathan Drew has been the foremost experimenter in adding exotic ingredients to his world-class tobaccos, creating in the process ACID quality cigars. From his Honduran farm come the most aromatic filler and wrapper tobaccos, those that make others green with envy, but unlike his avant-garde ACID, Drew’s Natural employs no flavoring agents, only a cosmopolitan... Read More |
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The Basics Of Smoking Quality Cigars |
| 8/30/2008 5:37:21 PM |
 First of all, you have to understand that we are talking about quality cigars, not cigarettes - that''s a different thing. Now, the first thing you must learn is how to light quality cigars properly. Take a cigar clipper and use it cut off the section of the cigar you put to your mouth.
After cutting, you may then take a cedar match and hold the edge of the cigar to the... Read More |
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Buy American made cigars at your Online Cigar Store |
| 8/22/2008 6:11:31 PM |
 American cigars are just as popular in the United States as Cuban cigars are around the world. Cuban cigars are very popular in the United States, but since the ban is currently in place, most people usually go for the local brands. However, their is a huge difference between Cuban cigars and American cigars. Cuban cigars simply put, are the best Cigars in the world.
If you... Read More |
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