Did you Know?
...Russia's infamous Queen Catherine the Great loved to smoke cigars. To avoid soiling her fingertips, she invented a version of the first cigar band. In her case, the bands were made of silk...
...Uniquely made cigar bands, each style registered with the Cuban government, assured the authenticity of Cuban cigars to buyers.....
...In 1960, the CIA's Office of Medical Services was told to treat a box of Fidel Castro's favorite cigars with botulinus toxin, a lethal poison. In early 1961, the CIA decided against the poisoned cigars. Instead they gave American organized crime figure John Rosselli botulinus toxin pills to pass on to a Cuban confederate who was closely tied to Castro. Of course, the Cuban leader lives on at this writing...