1.   Top quality cigars are being sold at a premium.

2.   And, later, Ira Stepanian, the son of an Armenian immigrant who sold cigars, took over as chairman and chief executive.

3.   Canadian tobacconists bridle at the suggestion that there is something shady about selling Cuban cigars to American customers.

4.   However, Cuba could not buy other U.S. products and Cuba could not sell its cigars, rum, sugar or other goods in the United States.

5.   It is illegal to sell cigars to minors.

6.   Not a word about how Kennedy imposed a trade embargo that made it illegal to import, buy or sell Cuban cigars.

7.   The company has also developed a separate business selling cigars through convenience stores.

8.   The company that produces them is locked in a dispute with an American competitor that sells a cigar with the same name and a similar logo.

9.   They do not sell cigars, and inmates cannot receive tobacco products of any sort from visitors or the mail.

10.   A shop sells cigars, a Churchill favorite, to crew members.