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I N E V E R Y I S S U E
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10 Editor’s Letter
12 SMOKE Contributors
14 SMOKE Mail
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16 SMOKE Front
The Clash- and Zevon-inspired 25 Smokin’ Figurados, Gannascoli talks the Cugine cigar, a virtual iPhone Zippo, a crystal-clear aged tequila, new stores, new cigars.
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22 SMOKE Primer
Who made cigars big? Gerry Cohen digs all the way back to the New World to find out.
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26 SMOKE Undercover
With bravo, gusto, a bad back, and a fear of heights, Smoke Editor Evan Dashevsky attacks his biggest obstacle yet: the trapeze.
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32 SMOKE Drink
A renaissance has been unleashed in single malt crafting, says Richard Carleton Hacker, thanks to a mostly overlooked aspect of whisky-making: the wooden barrels.
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36 SMOKE Q&A
Alan Rubin, owner and guiding spirit of Alec Bradley Cigar Company, says time is on his side and feels no pressure to rush the development of his well-regarded blends.
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40 SMOKE Essentials
Luscious chocolates, Lamborghini accoutrements, a specially-designed beer glass, lizard cases, spirit-chasing gargoyles - in all, seven must-haves for the well-equipped man.
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66 SMOKE Cigar Review
Shake off the winter blues with the fruits of our tasting panel’s labors as they puff their way through some of this season’s newest cigars, as well as a few classics, because as they say, “True style never goes out of style.
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82 Blowin' SMOKE
Bert Randolph Sugar irreverently explains how the practice of local pizzerias (or plumbers) sponsoring little league teams is actually a 75-year-old B-ball tradition.
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