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Tabacalera's American Gambit
A Madrid-based cigar giant buys a foothold in the U.S. market.
After The Gold Rush: Dominican Giants Roar Back
Leading Dominican Cigar Companies Take Back The Retail Shelves as Newcomers Struggle
Making It in a Man's World
Eight Women Have Defied the Odds to Run Their Own Tobacco shops
Dominican Flowers
A Relative Newcomer to the Cigar Industry, La Flor Dominicana Is Taking Root and Blooming
The Barn
Raised in a Family of Florida Shade Tobacco Farmers, the Author Fights To Save a Piece of That Past
The Padron Family: A Nicaraguan Legacy
Despite Wars in Nicaragua and Bombings in Miami, Jose Padrón Has Built a Thriving Cigar Business
The Dominican Cigar Explosion
With 1996 Cigar Exports up 70.9 Percent to About 140 Million, Cigarmakers in the Dominican Republic Have Shifted into High Gear
The First Family of Tobacco
For decades, the Oliva family of Tampa, Florida, has been supplying tobacco to many of the world's top makers of premium cigars.
The El Producto Story
El Producto Once a Quality Handmade Cigar, George Burns' Favorite Smoke Has Fallen On Hard Times