Cigar
Belmondo and his cigars
After the death of Jean-Paul Belmondo, photographs brought his cigar habit back into view. What the portraits and the photographers recorded of that side of the actor.
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News
A Cohiba watch for the brand’s 55th anniversary
Zenith is devoting a series of 55 Chronomaster watches to the 55 years of Cohiba. A look at the watchmaking collaboration and at the nods to the cigar on the dial.
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CBD
CBD: how long does it take to work?
CBD is very popular, but some questions remain unanswered. How long does it take to act, depending on the method used to take it?
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E-cigarette
Why do I cough when I vape?
Coughing while smoking is not unusual, and the same happens with the e-cigarette. Cold vapour, nicotine content and device settings: what the article puts forward.
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Pipe
How do you recognise a quality pipe?
What counts as a quality pipe varies from one smoker to the next. A few criteria come back all the same, from the briar to the finish and the 9 mm filter.
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Pipe
What are the different types of pipe filter?
Four types of filter are fitted to pipes, from the 9 mm to the reusable metal model. What sets them apart, materials and replacement frequency included.
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News
New: your Zippo glows in the dark
Zippo combines its 540 Color printing with a phosphorescent finish for its 2021 novelty. How the two techniques cover the lighter, and who designed the patterns.
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When Philip Morris wants to help smokers give up the cigarette
The cigarette manufacturer says it encourages adult smokers to give up and promises a “smoke-free future”. A counter-intuitive campaign put into perspective.
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Smoking bans in gardens and on beaches: are they lawful?
No national law forbids smoking in open public spaces, apart from a few exceptions. Town councils decide instead, which makes the rules vary widely from place to place.
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The Zippo car: the star product-mobile of 1950s marketing
In the 1940s, Zippo turned a car into a giant lighter to tour the United States. A look back at an unusual travelling campaign, the product-mobile.
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E-cigarette
Vaping now in the majority in the United Kingdom
The number of vapers is rising across the Channel while the number of smokers falls. The public campaigns and the positions of the British authorities behind the shift.
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Cigar
What dress code for smoking a cigar?
Some cigar smokers set themselves a dress code, from the dinner jacket inherited from the Victorian era to the checked shirt. A survey of these habits and where they come from.
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Other
Pipe tobacco or cigar tobacco: what is the difference?
The same tobacco is often assumed to serve both the cigar and the pipe. Origins, harvesting, fermentation and cutting: what really sets these two raw materials apart.
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CBD
CBD cosmetics and the properties attributed to them
The market for CBD cosmetics keeps growing, carried by the properties that makers and users attribute to them. A look at those claims and at what they actually cover.
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In Italy, Milan bans tobacco outdoors
The first Italian city to extend its smoking ban outdoors, Milan cites air pollution. The places concerned and the arguments put forward by the city council.
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Cigar
When technology meets the cigar
Plasencia is fitting an electronic chip into the band of its cigars, readable with a smartphone. The information the manufactory wants to pass on to retailers and consumers.
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CBD
The Harmony brand
Born out of Antonin Cohen’s research into hemp, Harmony designs CBD products now sold in several European countries. The story of the brand and of the choices behind it.
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Cigar
New limited editions from Habanos
Habanos has announced three limited editions, including an Edicion Limitada for the 55th anniversary of the Cohiba. Formats, packaging and details of these awaited series.
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CBD
A look at the Harmony CBD range
Harmony offers a broad range of CBD products. Composition, absence of any psychotropic effect and the effects the brand claims for them: a look at its catalogue.
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E-cigarette
Vaping: what is the hit?
That tingling in the throat familiar to smokers has a name: the hit. What this sensation is, and the way electronic cigarettes reproduce it.
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Cigar
Cigarillos: what makes them different?
Diameter, weight, tobacco used and wrapper: what separates a cigarillo from a cigar rests on precise criteria, some of them set by regulation. The article details them one by one.
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