Nashville, Tennessee 1968, Cano Aret Ozgener started his cigar business out of his garage. He sold meerschaum and briar pipes and humidors. For his company name he simply used his initials: CAO. In 1995, the company jumped head first into the US cigar boom by first moving their cigar production facilities and by bringing Cano’s […]
One of the leading industries to explode on to the nineteenth century advertising world was the cigar industry and they did it with big, bold colorful posters. With further advancements in lithography cigar makers sold their cigar posters with images of moneyed swells, sexy girls, vintage soldiers and more unique concepts. Now you can […]
Do you remember bubble gum cigars? Kids like me loved them. The only problem was that their parents didn’t like them at all. These candy products were extremely popular with kids and that is no surprise seeing many of these kids go on to smoke as adults. The packaging was very similar to real cigars […]
Did you know that one of Cubas’s most treasured cigars began with a puppet comedy show in the mid-1800s? Don Manuel Lopez of Juan Valle Company sought to benefit from the booming British cigar market by naming his cigar after Mr. Punch the famous puppet of Punch and Judy fame. Today there is one Habanos […]
As the end of the 19th century approached there was one status symbol that signified ones wealth and that was smoking a cigar. At this time Vice President Thomas Marshall went to the Senate and proclaimed ? ?What this country really needs is a good five cent cigar?. During this time frame in American history […]
Groucho Marx first enjoyed the pleasure of smoking a cigar at the age if 15. He was playing on Vaudeville and from the advice of another vaudevillian he started using a lit cigar as a stage prop. The reason for this was because Groucho felt if he forgot his lines he could puff on his […]
Did you know that Michael Jordan first started smoking cigars in 1991 when he won his first NBA title? In August 2005, Jordan interviewed with? Cigar Aficionado? where he opened up about almost everything from routine basketball questions to more in-depth questions, including those surrounding his love for cigars. To call Jordan, a cigar maniac […]
Here’s a bizarre story about premium cigars. A Charlotte, North Carolina man purchased a case of very rare and expensive premium cigars. He then insured them against several things one being fire damage. Within a month and having smoked up his entire stockpile of cigars the brazen man filed a claim against the insurance company, […]
Habanos S.A the leading monopoly on Cuban tobacco announced recently that theCohiba Talismn is one of their newest cigars in the lineup of Edicin Limitada cigars for 2017. Like the other new cigars in the line up the Cohiba Talismn has a unique size and will be manufactured in small quantities.The cigar measures in at […]
There are numerous reasons why Punch cigars are one of the most trusted names in the cigar industry. Three that come to mind are Craftsmanship, Quality, and Passion. While so many things have changed in Cuba these last few years one thing that is still the same is Punch cigar’s commitment to producing the best […]
Meet Vicki Manry, a 33-year-old cigar hottie from Mount Vernon, Washington. She loves to smoke cigars and ride her Harley Davidson low rider and considers herself a mild to a wild woman who loves every minute of life. “I’m definitely a mix of every personality from biker to business, country to the city, and […]
Calling Inspector Clouseau we have a problem in Florida. Seems there was a little problem with the 250 mile stretch between Arturo Fuente Headquarters in Tampa, Florida, and Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. Somewhere along this route a 40 foot shipping container was stolen and inside were thousands of Arturo Fuente cigars. A. Fuente […]
Arango Cigar Company, located in the sprawling Chicago suburb of Northbrook, Illinois, announced recently that it had added the CAO Gold Cigar line to its Clasico Series of private label brands. Windy City Cigars has used Arango for years as one of their primary cigar and tobacco distributors. Bob and the gang at Arango know their business […]
One of the greatest actors of all time Jack Nicholson is not only a lead actor but also a leading cigar lover. The wildest man in Hollywood, Jack has been a lead actor in several all-time classic movies such as Easy Rider, The Shining, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Chinatown, Anger Management, A Few […]
You may not associate sports and athletes with cigars, but there are several top coaches and athletes who love to fire up a stogie. Some do it to celebrate a championship, when breaking a record, or to simply relax during the off-season. For this group, we deem them windy city Cigar All-Stars. The owner of […]
Nearly 100 years ago, Gladys Stroud was born in New York City. She was delivered on March 31, 1917, and during that year, the Chicago White Sox beat her hometown New York Giants 4 games to 2 to win the World Series. She would wait another 88 years before seeing the White Sox win another […]
You may not associate sports and athletes with cigars, but there are several top coaches and athletes who love to fire up a stogie. Some do it to celebrate a championship, when breaking a record, or to simply relax during the off-season. For this group, we deem them Cigar All-Stars. Without argument, Michael Jordan is […]
You may not associate sports and athletes with cigars, but there are several top coaches and athletes who love to fire up a stogie. Some do it to celebrate a championship, when breaking a record, or to simply relax during the off-season. For this group we deem them Cigar All-Stars. Dick Butkus middle linebacker […]
Oliva Cigars has announced it was producing two cigars to commemorate their 20th anniversary: the Oliva Serie V Toro and the Oliva Serie V Melanio CI 20th Anniversary. The blend of the Oliva Serie cigars is a combination of Ecuadorian Habano sun grown wrapper and fillers from Jalapa in Nicaragua. Their new cigar from the […]
Boston Garden opened for basketball in 1946 and with it came Red Auerbach future coach and general manager of the Boston Celtics. He is both the beginning and the end of the famed parquet floor and the embodiment of the NBA. When Red first began coaching in the NBA the league was on the brink […]
