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Rediscovered Twain Essay Talks Cigars Absolutely anyone who knows anything about American literature knows that there's a lot more to Mark Twain than Huck Finn. There's his witty and iconoclastic essays ("Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses"; "Corn-Pone Opinions"), his uproarious and... ( added 156 days 11 hours ago.)

Funny News From The World Of Cigars Premium cigar aficionados need a good laugh as much as anyone--especially in these troubled economic times. So here are a few of the funniest recent news stories touching on the world of premium cigars. Call these the jests in Lady Nicotine's... ( added 157 days 16 hours ago.)

Cigar Sampler Selection Advice and Insight Traditionally, cigar aficionados have only been able to buy cigars by the box. This created conundrums for those who love to procure a great smoke without incurring a big risk. If you splurge on a box of premium cigars, even if they're discount... ( added 157 days 16 hours ago.)

Cigar Tobacco As A Troubled Investors Favorite If cigar magazines such as Cigar Aficionado and Smoke can be believed--and demographic studies indicate that, on this issue, they can--premium cigar smokers tend to be the types of folks who also make savvy investments. But even the most dedicated... ( added 163 days 11 hours ago.)

The Cuba Code and Separating True Cuban Cigars From Fakes Cuban cigars: for a cigar aficionado, the ultimate forbidden fruit is to buy Cuban cigars. At least, that's true if you live in the United States, which has long embargoed most trade and travel with the Communist island republic, which prevents... ( added 163 days 11 hours ago.)

Is It Really Bye-Bye Embargo Longtime cigar aficionados have followed the fluctuations in the US-Cuba relationship for years. Of course, officially, there is no relationship--the United States severed all diplomatic ties with Cuba in the early 1960s and has maintained a trade... ( added 194 days 9 hours ago.)

Cigar Store Trends and Tastes It happens to the biggest premium cigar aficionados out there: things start to get a little stale. Not "stale" in the sense of dried-out. That can happen, of course, but it's not likely to, if your humidor is set at the standard sixty-seven to... ( added 197 days 14 hours ago.)

Tobacco Makes A Very Picky Crop If you love cigars--if you're a true cigar aficionado--you probably wonder, every now and again, what life is like for the hard-working folks who grow the tobacco for your favorite cigars. Well, if it's premium cigars you like to smoke--perhaps by... ( added 197 days 14 hours ago.)

How Do Tobacco Farmers Live If you love cigars--if you're a true cigar aficionado--you probably deal with the Vacation Conundrum at about this time every year. What's the vacation conundrum? It's the issue of which cigars to bring on your vacation. After all, you... ( added 199 days 13 hours ago.)

What Do You Do With A Moldy Cigar Even the most solicitous and devoted cigar aficionado occasionally runs into a little trouble. Taste spoliation; a cigar humidor dial gone wonky; an infestation of tobacco beetles; mold; even the occasionally badly-made cigar from a generally... ( added 199 days 13 hours ago.)

Movies That Satisfy The Aficionado Cigar Smoker Some people like popcorn with their movies. Others like a glass of single-malt Scotch. And still others like a good smoke. The next time you feel like enjoying a good night of cinema combined with premium cigars, here are some films that are... ( added 208 days 12 hours ago.)

Cinema Appreciation For The Aficionado Cigar Smoker With the economy doing what it's doing, more and more people are opting to celebrate that big night out at home. As the much-hyped, feature-story-subject "staycation" is to the traditional bags-in-the-car-and-on-the-road-at-four-AM "vacation," so... ( added 211 days 12 hours ago.)

Nine Reasons Cigars Rule Over Cigarettes Who will ever fully understand the human urge to compete, to divide ourselves and each other into groups and attempt to conquer--even when interests are common and the prizes for victory are inadequate compensation for the loss of concord and... ( added 211 days 12 hours ago.)

Why Can't I Smoke American Cigars With all the fuss about Cuban cigars, Nicaraguan-grown leaves, and Turkish tobacco, some US-born premium cigar aficionados might be wondering: Why can't I just buy American? Of course, Cuba and Nicaragua are parts of "America" (Central America)... ( added 212 days 11 hours ago.)

What's It Like To Grow Tobacco These are interesting times in which to be a tobacco farmer. Less than five years ago, the federal government ended the price-support and subsidy system that had set the boundaries within which the entire economy of tobacco farming, for better and... ( added 212 days 11 hours ago.)

How To Grow Tobacco In times like these, even the most hardened urban dwellers take another look at the pleasures and profits of gardening. After all, with supermarket prices going up, farmers going under, and the economy going tipsy, it's tempting to seed that... ( added 213 days 11 hours ago.)

Science and Mutant Anti-Diabetes Tobacco Plants Now, please don't misread that headline. Your well-stocked humidor is, to put it mildly, no help to you in reducing your risk of diabetes. (Nor is red meat full of fiber and vitamin C, or a glass of fine stout good for concentration.) And you... ( added 220 days 10 hours ago.)

Ohio Cigar Smokers Brace Themselves It's a piece of local news that has implications for cigar smokers all over the United States. Yet another state legislature has noticed the tax-law loophole that has made cigar smokers so happy over the years--and intends to close it. Federal and... ( added 220 days 10 hours ago.)

Mothers and Daughters: Charm Bracelet Gift Giving She may be your baby girl, but with each passing year she's growing toward womanhood. Before long, you will be celebrating hallmark moments in her life such as a significant birthday, bat mitzvah, a Quinceanera, prom, graduation from college, and... ( added 220 days 12 hours ago.)

Rock Your Wardrobe with a Gorgeous Right-Hand Ring Can't decide what pair of earrings to wear? Not sure if a necklace will complete your outfit? Forget those and think right-hand ring. Right-hand rings add a kind of spontaneous glamour and energy to nearly any outfit. Meant to be large and... ( added 220 days 12 hours ago.)

Buy Tobacco Illegally In Canada? In tobacco-related news: Recent reports in several media outlets throw some light on the deepening problem that illegal small cigar factories, known as chinchals, pose for the Cuban government. It turns out that other United States neighbors face... ( added 222 days 10 hours ago.)

Trend Spotters Cite Cigarillo Appeal For much of the twentieth century, cigar makers had to compete with cigarette companies for a steadily-dwindling proportion of smokers' buck. With the late-nineteenth-century invention of cigarette-rolling machines--which decreased the cost of... ( added 233 days 11 hours ago.)

Cigar Smokers Give Obama Unsolicited Cuba Advice With a popular new President, a clear shift in the US's political direction, and a public mood that's open to new ideas, many cigar aficionados are wondering whether the general atmosphere of change will extend to U.S.-Cuba relations. One group of... ( added 240 days 11 hours ago.)

Tobacco Tax Changes Rock Cigar Smokers' Worlds 2009 promises to be a year for change. A new Presidential administration, a new political direction for the country, a new Facebook layout, a new guy playing Jason in the Friday the 13th movies Cigar smokers are bracing for change too. A recent... ( added 240 days 11 hours ago.)

Cigar Aficionado and Pipe Smoking? What is it about pipes? Even for the most convinced cigar lover, there's a certain draw--no pun intended--in the idea of occasionally loading up an old-fashioned, wide-bowl tobacco pipe and settling down for a long winter's (or summer's, spring's... ( added 284 days 6 hours ago.)