Cigar Enthusiasts Champing at the Bit

Many U.S. businesses spent the weekend salivating over new trade and investment possibilities in Cuba that may be hastened by President Obama's move to begin normalizing relations with the left-wing dictatorship.

But few took action quicker than the American cigar industry publication Cigar Aficianado, which took out a full-page ad on the last page of The New York Times Business Day section. "Pres. Obama: Here is what you should do about Cuba," it read, displaying covers of back issues featuring Fidel Castro holding a fresh smoke, a model, and an article debating, "Is it time to End the Embargo?" For the past 20 years, the magazine boasts, "we've covered Cuba like no one else." 

No indicator yet whether Obama, who chews Nicorette gum to kick his smoking habit, will now subscribe.

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