Top 10 cigar stories of the year, part 1

(CigarCyclopedia) The history of tobacco shows that it has been both pilloried and promoted over the centuries and in 2010, cigars were under pressure from the anti-tobacco lobby, from government and from the continued economic difficulties in the United States.
Paradoxically, the quality of cigars produced for the U.S. market in 2010 has never been higher and with plenty of aged tobacco in warehouses throughout the Caribbean and Central America, that is expected to continue into the foreseeable future.
With that backdrop, then, what were the top stories in cigars this year? Here are our selection for nos. 6-10 (in countdown order), with our top five to come on Monday: Continued

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