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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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