Cigar Life Guy™ Launches Online Apparel Store

A man wearing Cigar Life Guy shirt from the online apparel store.

For Immediate Release ATLANTA – Cigar Life Guy™, a leading cigar lifestyle brand, recently launched a branded online apparel store. Founder, Dave Arlinghaus received requests for branded merchandise from fans. “I’ve received numerous inquiries from the cigar community,” said Arlinghaus. Fans were “asking where they could purchase Cigar Life Guy gear.” With that, the online […]

Salud! Cuban Cocktails, Rum and Cigars

Rum and cigars make a perfect pairing

What better thoughts conjure up images of life in Old Havana than spending a leisurely afternoon in an outdoor café with good friends and rum and cigars while enjoying one of the signature cocktails for which Cuba is famous? Fresh tropical fruit, local ingredients, and plenty of ice create refreshing drinks to counter the sweltering […]

Poker and Cigars: A Winning Combination

Poker and cigars make a great combination for a relaxing time.

It’s tough to beat certain combinations. Clambakes and the beach. Fishing and beer. One of our favorite combinations is cigars and poker. Cigars have been synonymous with poker for as long as we can remember. Even in the famous “Dogs Playing Poker” painting, the bulldog is always chomping on a stogie; it may be a […]

Trophy Cigars and the Art of the Hunt

A box of Opus X trophy cigars by Arturo Fuente

How many times over the years have you had someone show you their humidor, and while beaming with pride, point out a few selective beauties? What was the sentence that is usually uttered in conjunction with the great reveal? “I’m saving these for a special occasion.” Or, “you have no idea how hard they were […]

Social Distancing and Cigar Smoking

Two people social distancing

Smoking a cigar is, more often than not, a social event. There is a genuine camaraderie built around the smoking of a cigar. Unfortunately, these days brim with social distancing and mandated quarantine. Thus, the social nature of cigar smoking can be limited. Depending on where you live, the weather isn’t helping the situation. So what can a […]

7 Reasons Why Cigars are Better Than Cigarettes

A man smoking a cigar

There are many reasons why cigars are better than cigarettes, at least, in our opinion. Coming way out in front of pipes, cigar and cigarette smoking are the two most common ways that people “consume” tobacco. Cigarette smoking has declined dramatically over the past seven decades and today is at an all-time low. Cigar, smoking, […]

Babe Ruth and a Roaring Cigar Lifestyle

Babe Ruth holding a bat

The Great Bambino. The Sultan of Swat. The King of Swing enjoyed a roaring cigar lifestyle. I speak, of course, of legendary baseball player Babe Ruth. Born in 1895, Ruth played for 22 seasons. Between the years 1919 to 1935, he hit over 700 home runs and became a baseball icon—more than that, a legend. […]

Conor McGregor: Do Fighters Smoke Cigars?

Conor McGregor 2019

There is at least one modern fighter who seems the perfect fit for the cigar-smoking lifestyle: Conor McGregor, among several others. Of course, cigars and cigar smoking were long associated with professional fighting. Not so much inside the ring as outside it. Still, there have been many great fighters who also enjoyed the occasional cigar. […]

Best Cigar Movie Scenes of All Time

Pictured are Eli Wallach and Antonio Casale as portrayed in "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." One of the best cigar movie scenes.

Cigars are on one side of the movie screen almost as often as popcorn is on the other. And why not? They are a useful dramatic tool for heroes and villains in countless great films. Here are some of the best cigar movie scenes of all time. Best Cigar Movie Scenes 1. “The Good, the […]

How to Spot a Fake Cuban Cigar

The Habanos band in the upper left corner of a cigar box is one way to tell if your smokes are legit or fake Cuban cigars

For decades, there has been a market for counterfeit Cuban cigars. People can easily get duped as, on the outside, many of these Cubans look quite convincing. Some of them even smoke okay—although, if you know what you are doing, you can certainly tell the difference. Thankfully, there are ways to tell if your Cuban is […]