Cuban tobacco is considered among the very best in the world and the luxury Cohiba cigars are the finest example of true quality. There are many different types of luxury Cuban cigar, but the Cohiba Marque represents the very best in Cuban tobacco.

The History of the Cohiba harks back to the early days of Fidel Castro’s populist revolution. The story goes that he noticed one of his body guards, Chicho Perez, was smoking a cigar of a particularly fine aroma and asked him where he got them. Perez confided to Castro that a friend of his had rolled them and in short order Castro had set him up in a secure warehouse to produce the cigars for him and his staff, as well as presenting them to foreign diplomats.

This distribution to the world’s most powerful people led to the quality of the cigar becoming synonymous with luxury, wealth, lifestyle and power. Combined with the secrecy in which they were produced, which some commentators believe was a safety precaution of Castro after many attempts on his life were made after the revolution, the Cohiba not only is made of the best luxury Cuban tobacco, but also is shrouded with romanticism and mysticism.

The Cohiba was available in three vitolas, the Panatela, Corona Especial and the Lancero, but after the President made the luxury cigars available for public consumption to commemorate the 1982 World Cup in Spain, the lines were

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