Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A little cigar is a cigar that is the same size as a cigarette—often featuring a filter—however, it still retains its identity as a cigar because it is wrapped in a tobacco leaf, or more often a paper wrapper made of tobacco pulp, reconstituted tobacco or homogenized tobacco. Flavored little cigars are available on the market as well.
With his ever-present cigar, Gray became one of the most popular comedians on Australian TV. He became a game show host in his own right, helming Celebrity Tattle Tales in 1980, and Play Your Cards Right from 1984 to 1985. Gray also appeared in a series of commercials for Half Case supermarkets in the 1980s, as well as spots for other products ...
In 1963, these firms merged to become "Hunters & Frankau", which today is the sole importer and distributor of all Cuban cigars in the UK. Through the efforts of the Alfred Dunhill company, the Montecristo brand became incredibly popular worldwide and to this day accounts for roughly one-quarter of Habanos SA's worldwide cigar sales, making it ...
In 1935, J. Frankau was purchased by J. R. Freeman & Son, who found it difficult to manage a Cuban cigar company from London. In 1937, the company was sold to the recently established Menéndez, García y Cía Co., makers of the Montecristo brand. [2] J. Frankau retained the rights to H. Upmann in the UK as part of the deal.
The Bolívar logo. Bolívar is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in the Dominican Republic from Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco for General Cigar Company, which is today a subsidiary of Scandinavian Tobacco Group.
Items include the American singer and actor's silver ring, one of his favourite cigars, his dad's wristwatch, and part of the microphone stand he used to record some of his hits.
Among the modern auction items is Lynott’s bass guitar from the Chinatown album era. Guided between £15,000-£20,000 (17,000-23,000 euro), it is signed by Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Aston ...
A cigarillo is a machine-made cigar that is shorter and narrower than a traditional cigar but larger than little cigars, [50] filtered cigars, and cigarettes, thus similar in size and composition to small panatela sized cigars, cheroots, and traditional blunts.