The cigar smoker's paradise

(BBC) ... Can you imagine my surprise when I saw the cleaning woman in my hotel room, vacuuming the carpet with a huge cigar protruding from her lips? ... The security guard hovering at the front door was chomping on something the tobacco industry proudly refers to as a "Wide Churchill".
Cuba smokes with a vengeance. Perhaps it is another way of thumbing its nose at Uncle Sam.
It is certainly another item on the long list of idiosyncrasies. Continued