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LIVING: A Good $5 Cigar...
...good cigar was an accessory of manly success for at least a century. Prominent puffers included Winston Churchill, Al Capone, Groucho Marx, Jack Kennedy, even Sigmund Freud and Vladimir Lenin. Then came the 1964 Surgeon General's report on the perils of smoking and a sea change in American attitudes toward tobacco that eventually pushed sales into a steady decline. Cigar fans faced not only dirty glares but also signs and waiters telling them to butt out of public places...
...premium cigars have somehow remained aloof and lately have been staging a clandestine comeback. High-priced brands are selling at twice the levels they were 15 years ago. According to the Cigar Association of America, annual sales of cigars costing $1.25 or more have jumped from 50 million in 1974 to 100 million...
Much of this success can be explained by the same demographic phenomenon that has helped so many other luxury products: the emerging class of wealthy baby boomers who have apparently concluded that fine cigars complement the country house and the wine collection. And as luxuries go, even the classiest cigars are a lot more affordable than, say, a new BMW. In addition to the boomers is a core group of veteran smokers who simply like the rich experience a good cigar provides them...
...more harrowing tale. The Florida activist has threatened to sue Procter & Gamble, charging that a company pulp mill has polluted the water around the town of Perry. Two weeks ago, she was attacked at her remote fishing camp by three men who beat her and burned her with a cigar. The men cut her on the cheek and chest and poured water from the contaminated river on the wounds, taunting her, she says, with the words "This is what you get for trying to make us lose our jobs." P&G denies any connection with the assault but has offered...