The cigar is a great resource. It is necessary to have traveled for a long time on a ship to understand that at least the cigar affords you the pleasure of smoking. It raises your spirits.

“Maybe it's like becoming one with the cigar. You lose yourself in it; everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts. They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace.” ~Raúl Juliá

President John F. Kennedy asked his press secretary to buy a 1,000 Cuban-made Petit Upmanns cigars the night before he announced an embargo on them, according to Pierre Salinger, Press Secretary for John F. Kennedy. Salinger tells the story on this video.