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Cigars are a sign of power and wealth that’re enjoyed by both heroes and villains in the movies, on TV, and in comic books. Heroes often smoke cigars with Roger Moore’s incarnation as James Bond featuring the super spy smoking cigars in his early appearances. However, it’s often the bad guy who’s given the cigar as a way for the audience to understand the power and dominance the villain’s hoping to display as they take over the world or squash the hero. It’s very rare that smoking a cigar has been made to look as cool or menacing as it...

Cigars and sports have been known to be joined together on many occasions. Whether it was in celebration after a victory, or seeing a famous current or former athlete smoking one, these two things have managed to go hand and hand. Is there anything in life more compatible than golf and cigars? While some may argue in favor of peanut butter & jelly, that certain someone would not be Michael Jordan. It would be questionable whether the greatest basketball player of all-time is even capable of completing a round of golf without the accompaniment of a fine cigar. The same can be...

Being an avid pipe smoker gives you the chance to relax and contemplate after a hard day with a nice calming ritual. Pipe tobacco comes in many pleasant flavors and corresponding aromas that can make your home or office smell very pleasing to an avid pipe smoker. Smoking a pipe also gives you the chance to collect their favorite style of pipes to fit their background and personality. The avid pipe smoker thinks of their pipe as a talisman, even going so far as to have their old standby pipe along with others used for special occasions. A pipe can...

At first glance, the history of Tabacalera Oliva Tabolisa  (known, here in the States as the Oliva Cigar Co.) appears fairly mundane. One Melanio Oliva grew tobacco and founded the company in Cuba in 1886; the company is still family owned; but, has moved its headquarters to Miami Lakes, Florida. It is what happened to Oliva Cigars in between that reflects on politics. Aftermath of Revolutions After Castro’s Cuban revolution in 1959, Gilberto Oliva (the founder’s grandson) emigrated to Spain (taking the family with him). Without his Cuban farms; Gilberto continued to work with tobacco but as a broker –...

Some of the most famous men in history have smoked cigars.  Be it statesmen, writers, philosophers, scientists, entertainers, or athletes, these gentlemen have changed the world with a cigar clenched firmly in their teeth.  But with the November elections not far off, we thought we would take a decidedly non-partisan look at the most famous political smokers in history. Winston Churchill—Admit it, you knew that Churchill would have to be the first on our list.  The greatest British statesman of the twentieth century (perhaps of all time), Churchill was an orator of the highest power, delivering speeches that inspired and...