Pipe
Is the pipe really a French passion?
Beret and pipe in the mouth, the caricature dies hard. With sales figures and French public figures to hand, the article examines what this national cliché is worth.
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Pipe
A close look at the meerschaum pipe
Meerschaum has nothing to do with the foam of the waves: it is a very light mineral. Where the material comes from, the first pipes shaped from it and its Viennese reputation.
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E-cigarette
Vaping: a review of 2020
Marked by the Covid-19 health crisis, the double-twenty year brought both good and bad to the world of the e-cigarette, according to the professionals of the trade.
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Cigar
The importance of the different tobaccos in a cigar
A cigar brings together several tobaccos, each with a precise role. Cuban, Dominican and Honduran terroirs, and the reasons put forward to explain these blends.
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Pipe
Popeye: the real man
Frank Fiegel, a saloon regular known in Chester for his strength and his fights, is said to have inspired the character of Popeye. A portrait of the man behind the caricature.
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News
Zippo moves into eyewear
Since 2016 the lighter giant has been diversifying, even at the risk of surprising its followers. A look at the Zippo eyewear range, from sunglasses to reading glasses.
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Other
When advertising promoted tobacco
Advertisements presenting the cigarette as a remedy, doctors staged by the brands: a look back at the decades when tobacco advertising was on display everywhere.
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Pipe
Behind the system of Kapp and Peterson pipes
A double reservoir against moisture and a patented P-Lip mouthpiece: the article sets out the system that made the reputation of Kapp and Peterson pipes.
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Pipe
Art & Volutes pipes, ideal for beginners
Made in Saint-Claude from briar, Art and Volutes pipes are aimed at newcomers, with a standard bowl and contained prices. A look at what the sets contain.
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Other
Maison Berger electric diffusers to enhance your home
Maison Berger Paris is adding an electric diffuser to its range. How the device works, the materials chosen and the settings offered by the supplied remote control.
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E-cigarette
The Swiss finally allow advertising for vaping
The Swiss National Council narrowly kept advertising for vaping products. Details of the vote and of the rules that govern the e-cigarette in the country.
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Pipe
Pipe smoking: is it only for gentlemen?
From the gentleman of the early twentieth century to more bohemian singers, the image attached to the pipe has shifted. The figures the article reviews.
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Smoking accessories
The Clipper: a lighter that still appeals to smokers
The first refillable plastic lighter in the world, the Clipper was born in England before passing into the hands of a Spanish firm. Its history and its environmental arguments.
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Cigar
All you need to know about the art of holding a cigar
There is no official way of holding a cigar. The article reviews the grips that can be observed and the conventions that the cigar world attaches to each of them.
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News
Smoking: the 2020 Christmas selection
Christmas 2020 has a particular flavour, but nothing stops you spoiling the people close to you. The Smoking shop selection of gift ideas, for smokers and non-smokers alike.
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Cigar
The finest cigar lounges in the world
The Wellesley in London, Club Macanudo in New York, the Cubana Café in Paris: five cigar lounges presented by the article, one of them cited by GQ and Forbes.
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Pipe
Chacom unveils its 2020 Christmas pipe
Chacom is renewing its Christmas pipe for 2020, in four shapes with a green marbled acrylic stem. A description of the model and of its finish.
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Pipe
Discover the museum of the pipe and the diamond
In Saint-Claude, a private museum brings together two collections: tools and pipes of the Haut-Jura on one side, the craft of the diamond cutters on the other.
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News
Republic Technologies buys Innovative
Republic Technologies, the owner of OCB, JOB and ZIG-ZAG, has bought Innovative, the e-liquid maker based in Angoulême. What the two companies say the operation is aiming at.
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Cigar
A Christmas surprise: Teddy Pécot’s book on Cuban cigars
Funded by a call for donations and then self-published, Teddy Pécot’s book reads like an encyclopaedia of the Cuban cigar. A look at the work and at its three parts.
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Luxury
The 10 most expensive pens in the world
Eighteen-carat gold, thousands of diamonds, runs of a handful of examples: the ranking of the ten most expensive pens in the world, brand by brand and price by price.
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