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Cuba's fertile land and favorable climate allowed all three types of tobacco leaves used in a cigar - the wrapper, filler and binder - to be harvested on the island, and sailing ships were soon distributing Cuban tobacco from Europe to Asia. Columbus had claimed Cuba for Spain, and the Spanish soon cornered the nascent industry, mandating in the 17th century that all tobacco for export be registered in Seville; they later tightened their stranglehold on the market by forbidding Cuban growers to sell the crop to anyone but them - a monopoly that persisted until...
Though Cuban cigars are perhaps the world's most revered, the stogie probably didn't originate on the island. Cigar smoking first took hold elsewhere in the Americas-exactly where and when remains uncertain. A ceramic pot discovered in Guatemala that dates at least as far back as the 10th century depicts a Mayan puffing on tobacco leaves bound up with string. (The Mayans may also have handed down the object's name: their term for smoking, sikar, likely led to the Spanish cigarro, from which the cigar takes its name.) When Columbus stumbled upon the Americas...
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...think the setting and atmosphere of Coney Island has influenced the club...
...think all of us have a special love for Coney Island. For me, it's just kind of been a center of weirdness. [Laughs.] Few places can match that kind of atmosphere. We love the cold water, but Coney Island is really very much a special place for all of us. I know there are development plans going on - they've been going on for years now, and it's changing even as we speak - so I feel sad about that; it won't be the same. Whatever changes do take place out there, as long as there's still...