Luxury
Luxury smoking accessories: which are the most popular?
Tubing machines, leather tobacco pouches, pipe equipment: a review of the high-end versions of smoking accessories and of the houses that produce them.
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Pipe
What is a reamer and what is it for?
The reamer lifts off the layer of carbon that builds up in the bowl of a pipe. An accessory of most use to those who renovate and restore older models.
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Cigar
Cigar cases for everyone?
Rigid and compact, the cigar case protects cigars during a short trip without replacing a humidor. Single, double or larger: the criteria for choosing one, reviewed.
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CBD
CBD: an anti-wrinkle action on the skin?
A study attributes an antioxidant effect on skin ageing to cannabidiol. What its authors put forward, and the cosmetic uses drawn from it, from the face to acne.
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News
How buying cigarettes abroad affects French tobacconists
Rising prices, inflation, purchases made outside France: tobacconists are watching their turnover fall and are arguing for small, regular increases instead.
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E-cigarette
Spotlight on the Joyetech brand
Founded in Shenzhen, Joyetech is one of the large makers of vaping hardware. Its fourteen years of activity and the certifications the company points to.
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Smoking accessories
The Porsche lighter, a gift idea
Porsche Design draws on the reputation of the car division to put its name on upmarket lighters. A look at this brand extension and at the models aimed at smokers.
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Other
Christmas 2022: gift ideas for smokers
Lighter, ashtray, pipe or cigar accessories: a selection of items to give at Christmas, sorted by the profile of the recipient and their everyday use.
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Shisha
Accessories for cleaning a shisha
Bottle brush, brushes, dedicated products: the shape of a water pipe makes cleaning it complicated, hence accessories cut for its corners. An inventory of useful kit.
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Luxury
The most expensive Zippo lighters in the world
The most expensive lighter in the world is not a Zippo: before running through the most sought-after models of the brand, the article recalls the sums reached at auction.
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Pipe
Discovering Kenan Ahmet pipes
Kenan Ahmet shapes meerschaum and briar pipes by hand, using age-old methods. Portrait of a Turkish craftsman whose pieces sometimes end up in collections.
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Cigar
Inside the world of Pinel & Pinel
A Paris leather craftsman, Fred Pinel turned an old family suitcase into a home for his collection of cigar cases. How his house came to the world of the cigar.
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CBD
CBD and the effects claimed for animals
Dogs and cats also have an endocannabinoid system. A look at the effects that its supporters attribute to CBD oil in animals under stress or with osteoarthritis.
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Cigar
Pierre Legrain, the origin of the cigar case
An illustrator turned decorator for the couturier Jacques Doucet, Pierre Legrain is presented by the article as the inventor of the cigar case. A look at this artist born in 1889.
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News
A closer look at additive-free tobacco
Additive-free tobacco is presented as stripped of the substances added during growing and drying. What its sellers argue, and what a tobacco leaf still contains.
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E-cigarette
What is the coil of an electronic cigarette?
The coil is the heating element of an electronic cigarette. Single, dual or mesh: the formats that exist and the one to choose when building your own atomiser.
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Smoking accessories
The cigarette holder, how does it work?
The object has all but disappeared, yet its role was a concrete one: keeping fingers from yellowing and hands free of stale tobacco. How a cigarette holder works, and who used one.
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Cigar
Why warm a cigar?
Thicker and more compact than a cigarette, a cigar lights poorly when cold. Why it is warmed first, and where that step fits into the lighting routine.
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Luxury
Discover the Peter Charles Paris brand
Self-taught and working with leather since childhood, the Parisian craftsman Peter Charles designs high-end smokers’ accessories. Portrait of an unusual career.
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Shisha
The origins of the shisha
Persia, India, Africa: the origins of the water pipe are disputed between several regions. The article goes back to the sixteenth century, when the object also displayed social rank.
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CBD
All you need to know about terpenes
Produced by almost every plant, terpenes protect them from predators and carry their scent. Their role, their families and their place in the world of cannabis.
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