"If smoking is not allowed in heaven, I shall not go."

(Cigar Aficionado) Samuel Clemens, known to the world as Mark Twain, was the legendary author of such iconic works as Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He was also one of the world's most famous cigar smokers. "I smoke with all my might, and allow no intervals," he once said. Clemens died 100 years ago this week, and Cigar Aficionado presents this story from our Winter 1995 issue describing Clemens and his unparalleled love of cigars. Continued

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