“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.