Cigar
Elie Bleu works with Oliva on a limited edition humidor
Oliva has entrusted Elie Bleu with making a cigar humidor in a very limited series. A look at the Oliva XXI humidor, its illustration and the cigars it holds.
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Cigar
Heading for a shortage of Cuban cigars?
Importers are reporting stock shortages on Cuban cigars. The reasons put forward, from production slowed down in Cuba to supply delays in Europe.
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Cigar
A humidor by Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has turned its car-making know-how to a cigar humidor. A description of the Cellarette, its aluminium structure and the price quoted by the maker.
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Luxury
Spend a night in Havana in the heart of Paris
For a night or a weekend, a Paris hotel turns itself into a Cuban house, with a trompe-l’oeil frontage and a Cadillac parked outside. A look at the operation.
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CBD
What are the differences between hemp and CBD?
Hemp is a plant, CBD a molecule it contains, yet the two are often confused. What separates them, from THC content to the legal framework for growing hemp.
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Pipe
Savinelli pipes in focus
A shop opened in Milan in 1876, then pipes made under the name of the house: Savinelli, its working methods and the breadth of its catalogue of shapes.
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E-cigarette
The electronic cigarette, a windfall for this family
Founded in 2009 by a couple, later joined by their son at the helm, E-Liquide-FR grew with the French vaping market. The story of a family business.
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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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News
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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News
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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News
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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