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It's a quintessentially Cuban experience: Capping off a meal with a snifter of rum and an aromatic cigar.
Orange Bowl officials said Friday they've scrapped a planned sponsorship deal with Camacho Cigars.
Several public health organizations are calling on the Orange Bowl and the NCAA to pull a three-year deal with Camacho Cigars, saying tobacco promotions like the Florida cigar company's sponsorship of the football games have no place in sports and shouldn't be allowed under federal tobacco marketing restrictions.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But one Cuban man is hoping that a 268-foot (81.8-meter) super-stogie he rolled is something more: a world record.
Where there's smoke, there are $2,000 fines in one New York City apartment building.
The exclusive seller and exporter of Cuban cigars said Monday that sales of the island's coveted smokes rose 2 percent in 2010, rebounding slightly after falling for two straight years amid the global economic crisis.
A cigar lounge in suburban Detroit is decorated with paintings and photos of famous people with a stogie: John F. Kennedy, Winston Churchill, even the 1950s Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.
The now-infamous “Cigar Guy” was spotted at the window of the studio during the early morning hour of TODAY Friday, and Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira and Al Roker brought him front and center on the plaza to talk about his unexpected brush with fame.
The weirdest sports photo in recent memory has become an Internet phenomenon thanks to a cigar-chomping man who resembles the genetic pairing of Groucho Marx and Jonny Quest's adopted brother Hadji.
Cuban cigar sales tumbled 8 percent to $360 million in 2009 and have fallen by more than a tenth in the past two years as the demand for luxury goods around the world has plunged.
A decorated Marine veteran famously photographed smoking a cigar after the fall of Baghdad is running for Congress in California's most southern district.
With the world becoming ever less welcoming for tobacco smoke of all kinds, the owners of specialty shops that sell premium cigars have converged on New Orleans with the same concerns as mass-market cigarette manufacturers — higher taxes and anti-smoking laws.
Inside the rolling room of El Credito Cigar Company, the air is earthy and fragrant, a mix of coffee and nuts tinged with caramel and leather.
Looks like it will be close, but no giant cigar, for Cuba's stogie-rolling king Jose Castelar. The 64-year-old former world-record holder has teamed up with five assistants, using nearly 93 pounds (42 kilograms) of top-quality tobacco to assemble a 98-foot (30-meter) cigar.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger fired up a stogie during his trip to Canada this week, but did he break U.S. law to do it?
Bin Laden’s Plot to Assassinate Obama: Not Close, No CigarPoor Osama Bin Laden. All he wanted was endless jihad and to assassinate his fellow terrorist Muslim Mr. B. Hussein Obama, and what did he get? Not another day older, for one. (You know the rest.) Anyhoo, looks like we know who won that dick-measuring contest. What do you think …
Some days ago I heard the claim that being interested in health, in good-quality water, in good results from drinking water and in the best water assimilation possible for the body, one MUST renounce coffee altogether.
10 Facts About Sigmund Freud"Sigmund Freud is one of the most famous thinkers in psychology history. While many of his ideas and theories are not widely accepted by modern psychologists, he played a major role in the development of psychology.
The 17 Funniest Smiling Cigar Guy Pics Pictures of "Cigar guy" are going viral on the Internet! (For an explanation of the origin of these pictures, please see the original NV seed on the matter).
Winston Churchill's cigar airbrushed from picture A photograph of Winston Churchill giving his victory salute has been airbrushed to remove his signature cigar.
Explosion may have been caused by cigarAn early morning explosion wipes a house off the map. Officials believe a man went to light a cigar in the kitchen, blowing the walls off the house.
Flavors Banned From Cigarettes to Deter YouthsFederal health officials banned the sale of flavored cigarettes on Tuesday in the first major crackdown since the Food and Drug Administration was given the authority to regulate tobacco.
Cool crisp fall air, I remember. The sweater with the deep pockets I used to dig my hands down into. We would walk out to the pond and light up.
Have you wanted to sit back and relax with a nice smoke only to have to take it outside in the heat or the frosty cold of night in the winter? The dilema is now solved with the revolutionary new electronic cigar/cigarette.It is smokeless and allowable in all night venues and rest …
Hav-a-Tampa cigars closing Tampa plant-Tobacco tax hike and smoking ban casualtyTAMPA - Tampa will lose part of its cigar heritage in August when Hav-A-Tampa shuts its factory near Seffner and lays off about 495 employees, closing a factory that has been operating since 1902. The company announced the closing today. Many employees there make Hav-A-Tampa's …
Smokers' Urine May Give Cancer Alert Early Enough to Save LungsSmokers with high levels of two chemicals in their urine were more likely than others in a study to get lung cancer, a finding that may lead to a new test to predict risk in time to prevent or treat the disease. More Articles
Cleaner Air Extending Lives, Study ShowsResearchers at Brigham Young University examined changes in life expectancy in 51 metropolitan areas, comparing those figures with improvements in air quality in each region from the early 1980s to the late 1990s.
Smoking Ban Improves a City's HealthDoes banning smoking in public places improve public health? Yes, a new study finds, and the effects are large and long-lasting. More Articles
Curlin wins Gold Cup, tops $10 million in earningsThe headline of the article is a bit wordy. It could be more concise and hint more at the importance of this event. The article itself is well written and concise.
Breeders' Cup biggest twist - synthetic surfaceThis article is purportedly about how for the first time the Breeders' Cup will be run on artificial turf. It starts by detailing this but quickly slips into a profile of Big Brown, the 2008 Kentucky Derby winner who may or may not run in the Cup.
Another Green RevolutionNow, with food prices rising around the world, the need for crop science is as great as it has ever been.
Lack of Food Is a "Persistent Myth"LONDON, May 24 (Tierramérica) - The current food crisis has revived the myth that the world doesn't produce enough food for its six billion people, according to Michel Pimbert, author of a new study that highlights local production as a potential solution.
When Is a Cigar Not a Cigar? When It Tries to Kill Castro- TV - Review Now that Fidel Castro has resigned as president of Cuba, it seems likely that illness and age will finally be allowed to accomplish what two generations of Cuban exiles have been unable to, despite obsessive zeal and the help of the American government.
Anti-Smoking Chief Lights Up: Portugal's No-Smoking Enforcer Breaks Ban on Day 1 The head of the Portuguese agency charged with enforcing the new smoking ban obviously didn't feel the need to observe it himself. He was spotted puffing on a cigar at a New Year's Eve party just after the ban came into effect.
Lawmakers Who Were Almost Shot Down Declare 'Significant Progress' In IraqYesterday, a plane carrying three U.S. senators and a member of the House was forced to take evasive maneuvers to avoid rocket-propelled grenades as they took off from Baghdad. "It was a scary moment," said Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL).
The Tancredo cigar incident and political cynicismA spat between a couple of Congressman--Tom Tancredo and Keith Ellison--over Tancredo's right to smoke a cigar in his office offers some insightful lessons on the shabby state of the major political parties and the process as a whole.
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