Beginning in the 19th century, cigar boxes were adorned with colorful and intricate artwork, and now, many are as collectable as the cigars they contain. They now serve as mini-advertising billboards, ...

MIAMI — The El Baratón storefront in Miami’s Flagami neighborhood has large signs advertising perfumes, watches, purses, shoes and clothes for sale; its logo features the “shush” emoji. What’s no ...

For some reason, cigars tend to turn up in a lot of famous aphorisms. There was "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" (Sigmund Freud), modified by Stephen King to "Sometimes a cigar is just a smoke," ...

When is a cigar box more than a cigar box? When it holds premium handmade cigars. For more than a century, these boxes — decorated with designs, pictures and scenes symbolic of the brand — have ...