1.   Advertisers like the magazine as much as cigar lovers.

2.   Cigar lovers can send thanks to the Finck Cigar Factory in San Antonio.

3.   Cigar-friendly restaurants are rare, which irks cigar lovers, who see no logic in allowing cigarette smoking with its health drawbacks.

4.   Cigar lovers like them are hoping that the U.S. government will lift or relax some of the trade barriers with Cuba for cigars.

5.   For the right price, the retailer can arrange for a cigar lover to spend time at a villa on a tobacco plantation in the Dominican Republic.

6.   Other lines have also opened special lounges where cigar lovers may even find banned-in-America Cuban cigars.

7.   Some U.S. cigar lovers say Cuban cigar popularity is due more to mystique than flavor, but that debate usually excludes Cohiba.

8.   Two weeks ago, Fidel Castro held a lavish dinner for cigar lovers at a Havana nightclub.

9.   For cigar lovers, Givaudan-Roure put a waft of smoke in one fragrance.