Nonetheless, lighting up a cigar can feel like a rite of passage and those that smoke them can seem like they have arrived.

Cuban cigars are often hailed as the forbidden fruit. Regardless of how you feel about them, they’re highly coveted and ...

TAMPA — For American cigar aficionados, Cuban tobacco is the forbidden fruit, long-blocked from the United States market by its five-decade-old embargo on the island nation. But in this new era ...

It's estimated that from seed to box, more than 200 pairs of hands touch each cigar that is made in Cuba. A valuable export, and a draw for many visitors to the island nation, the artisanal ...

Some of those selections will be pre-1955 Cuban cigars that are in fact legal in the United States, because they pre-date the 1960 U.S. trade embargo with Cuba. Also on the second floor ...

But what many people don’t know is that there are essentially two places this brand’s cigars are made, one of which is in ...

Artisans Adrian Moran, left, and Ariel Sanchez, the creators of Clave Humidors, pose with one of their cigar humidifiers during the XXV Cigar Festival at Convention Palace in Havana, Monday, Feb ...

Hernandez, 34, grew up watching his grandfather fabricate cigars by hand in central Cuba. Those were good times for grandad Faustino, back before Fidel Castro would seize his family’s tobacco ...

HAVANA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Cuba's top cigar maker Habanos said on Monday its sales had soared to a record $721 million in 2023, a benchmark the company's executives attributed to booming demand ...