| If you're an avid cigar smoker, chances are you have | | | | pleasantries and a gambler, having twice fought in a |
| pondered the question on the minds of many: what | | | | duel. It was probably his taste of the good life, as well |
| would I call my cigar line if I suddenly found myself | | | | as the fact that he represented a state where |
| rolling tobacco? Some of you might name it after your | | | | tobacco was grown, that led to a cigar line being rolled |
| mom, others may name it after a childhood pet, calling | | | | in his name |
| it something like Smokey. Some of you may name it | | | | Monte Cristo - This cigar brand was named for The |
| after a specific region, and others may simply love it, | | | | Count of Monte Cristo, a novel written by Alexandre |
| hug it, and name it George. | | | | Dumas. Legend states that this novel was very well |
| Those who do roll their own tobacco ponder this very | | | | liked among cigar rollers; it was often read aloud in the |
| same question; they often find their answers in a | | | | factories while the rollers worked. Considered to be |
| plethora of places. Attesting to the variety and | | | | one of Dumas' best books, The Counte of Monte |
| individuality each line of cigars possess, the names | | | | Cristo involves the supposedly true tale of a man |
| maintain a similar sense of originality. The following is a | | | | imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit; he was |
| list of some of the names of cigars on the market and | | | | framed by four jealous friends. While in prison, he was |
| the reasons for their declaration. | | | | befriended by a dying man and told of the location of |
| Romeo Y Juliet - Most of us know the story of | | | | a treasure. After his release, this man found the |
| Romeo and Juliet, the tale of two ill-fated people | | | | treasure, adopted a new identity and began plotting his |
| trapped between the conflict of dueling families. | | | | revenge. |
| Known as one of the most stunning love stories of all | | | | Mike Ditka - Da, Cigars! The Mike Ditka cigar line is |
| time, William Shakespeare's portrayal of two innocent | | | | named for, who else, Mike Ditka. Born in 1939, Ditka |
| lovers put Romeo and Juliet on the map, making them | | | | made a name for himself as a player, a coach, and a |
| representative of both a true love lost and the problem | | | | television commentator. He's best known as coach of |
| with communication between those who are dating. | | | | the Chicago Bears and remains one of only two |
| As cigars, Romeo and Juliet fair much better; the | | | | people to have won a Super Bowl as a player, an |
| tragedy lies in not smoking them. | | | | assistant coach, and a head coach. Mike Ditka cigars |
| William Penn- Born in 1644, William Penn founded the | | | | contain a cigar band that is a duplication of the 1985 |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a colony in North | | | | Super Bowl ring. The cigars, like the man they are |
| America that became the state of Pennsylvania. | | | | named for, contain a bit of bite. |
| Overseeing the affairs of the Commonwealth, Penn | | | | Don Juan - As legend states, Don Juan was a man |
| became influential to the US Constitution. A bit | | | | who courted a girl of noble blood, killing her father |
| overzealous, Penn also composed and published The | | | | when he interfered. Much later, when Don Juan saw a |
| United States of Europe, a plan to unify Europe in | | | | statue of the man he had killed, he irreverently invited it |
| American fashion. William Penn was particularly notable | | | | to come over to dine. The statue gladly accepted and |
| because, in a time of oppression, he treated Native | | | | the ghost of the murdered man arrived for dinner |
| Americans with the respect they deserved. In fact, he | | | | (don't you hate when that happens?). As this ghost |
| often served as a mediator whenever a dispute came | | | | shook Don Juan's hand, Don Juan was dragged into |
| about. | | | | Hell. |
| Winston Churchill - The name Churchill has become so | | | | Simon Bolivar - Often credited with liberating Colombia, |
| synonymous with the word cigars that some people | | | | Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia, Simon |
| may forget Winston Churchill was actually a | | | | Bolivar is one of the most renown figures in South |
| statesman, an orator, and a Prime Minister. However, a | | | | American history. Having freed these countries from |
| cigar smoker first a prime minister and all the rest | | | | Spanish rule, he is known as The Liberator. |
| second, there are very few men in history who were | | | | Seventy-one years after his death, in 1901, the Roche |
| as enthusiastic about cigars as Winston. His insistence | | | | Company in Havana honored him by placing his name |
| on rarely being photographed without a cigar in hand | | | | on their cigar brand. |
| led one London cartoonist to dub him "Cigarface." | | | | Having a cigar named after you is a huge honor; few |
| Henry Clay - An American politician and the founder of | | | | people have the ability to look in a cloud of cigar |
| the Whig Party, Henry Clay served in the House of | | | | smoke and see their reflection. Whether a brand is |
| Representatives and the United States Senate. | | | | named for a historical figure or a figure of literary merit, |
| Elemental in fighting for modernization and economic | | | | the names behind each brand of cigars all serve a |
| development, Henry Clay was also known as The | | | | purpose, and they all tell a story, forever perpetuating |
| Great Compromiser for his ability to remain clam and | | | | the unique culture that only the luxury of tobacco can |
| composed when facing issues of extreme duress. In | | | | possess. |
| his personal life, Henry Clay was a seeker of | | | | |