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10 Editor’s Letter
12 SMOKE Contributors
14 SMOKE Mail
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16 SMOKE Front
Cuban Cuisine comes to Times Square; a Cognac for 1970s nostalgics; music from a cigar-loving jazz legend; antique-safe humidors; a golf course in the shadow of the Manhattan skyline; and the world’s most relaxing recliner chair.
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22 SMOKE Primer
Craving your favorite Cuban cigar but unable to obtain it? If so, it may be time to discover the excellence that’s taken root outside the island. Try one of these excellent alternatives to some of Cuba’s best-loved favorites.
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26 SMOKE Undercover
We’ve all wondered what moves a cigar maker to choose a certain blend, size, or wrapper over another. One man decided to find out firsthand - by becoming an apprentice to a master tobacco blender.
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30 SMOKE Drink
The trend in New World red wines is toward the big, lush, and full-bodied - making many of them perfect matches for a good cigar. Maybe all those cigar-loving winemakers have something to do with it.
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34 SMOKE Q&A
Coming on the scene right before the cigar boom, Cusano Cigars has outlasted the “Don Nobodies” with a simple formula of good value for fair price - a formula still serving them in good stead on their 10th anniversary.
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38 SMOKE Essentials
The collectible Fittipaldi watch, a cigar lighter celebrating Renaissance architecture, and the cologne of NBA legend Michael Jordan are among this fall’s finest finds.
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64 SMOKE Cigar Review
32 cigars evaluated in depth by our diverse panel of connoisseurs - with strong showings by both established brands and plucky newcomers - including our very first 9.5 rating.
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82 Blowin' SMOKE
NASCAR has arrived, and is racing to the forefront of American spectator sports in popularity, right behind the NFL. Not bad for a bunch of Southerners driving around in a circle. Bert Sugar examines auto racing’s eternal appeal.
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