Tobacconists of Cary

The AyC Cigars is one of the most favorite cigar brands in the world. The AyC stands for Antonio y Cleopatra. The brand is very old but still has the same demand from the customers as the finest quality of the cigars is still strictly followed by the company.

The starting of the AyC cigars was in 1879. The cigars contain natural wrapper. The dimensions of the cigars are 5.5 and 40. The origin of the AyC cigars is in Dominican Republic, but it has a worldwide fame. The tobacco is also originated in Dominican Republic but to increase the quality of the test, it is blended with Cuban seed tobacco.

The AyC cigars are created with veiny wrappers which are folded and also the wrapper tags are loose. That makes the cigars little uneven to burn but that should not be a problem for the experience smokers. Actually the prime customers of the AyC cigars are also experienced smokers. The test and aroma of the cigars are little strong for the first time smokers.

The aroma of the cigars is strongly scented which lasts for a long time and so it is better to smoke these cigars out of the house. At the start the flavor might not be so intensive, but as you keep smoking it, it will grow stronger. But the harsh flavor never reaches the level where you might want to stub out your cigar. This classic cigar brand is often compared with the famous White Owl blunt. White Owl is a very well known cigar brand for the world class test and quality. Also this is one of the few cheapest cigar brands that have the reputation of the finest test within reasonable price. The AyC is very similar to White Owl in both categories. You can get the excellent AyC cigars for a very low price.

The AyC cigars come in wide range of flavors, like the White Owl blunt. The most favorite flavors of the brand are the Grenadier Natural Dark, Grenadier Natural Dark Coronas, Grenadier Natural Dark Minis, Grenadier Natural Dark Whiffs, Grenadier Natural Light and Grenadier Natural Light Corona

Swisher Cigarillos is a product of Swisher International, Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida. In the beginning the company had started with a cigar business on a small scale. However, today it is one of the leaders in the tobacco industry and also America’s largest exporter of cigars.

The product line includes Swisher Sweets Little Cigars, Cigarillos (the company’s best-selling item), Tip Cigarillos, Sweet Coronellas, Wood Tips, Slims, Perfecto, Blunt, and Kings. Swisher Cigarillos is the company’s best-selling product. Swisher Cigarillos are produced by uniquely blending some of the best quality of tobacco that offers a sweet and mild smoke. Cigarillo means a ‘little cigar’ in Spanish. As the name suggests, it is a small sized, narrow cigar wrapped in tobacco leaf or skin.

Swishers offer a wide range of options that promises something for everyone. Some of these options are: Swisher Sweets Mini Cigarillos Grape. This is a mild, sweet cigar produced by a harmonious combination of quality tobaccos with special flavorings. These are manufactured in the US and are offered in a number of shapes and flavors, all at an affordable price. These cigarillos are perfect at celebrations like weddings, birthdays and other occasions. Similarly, Cigarillo Peach, Cigarillo Strawberry and Swisher Sweet Cigarillos Natural also promise good flavors with inherent mildness and sweetness.

Due to this mild and sweet smoke, Swisher Cigarillos give utmost satisfaction to the consumers and they are perfect for lunch or coffee breaks. These are the most preferred cigars for such breaks. Moreover, they are always in high demand as most people consider them easier to smoke than a standard cigar. However, as the cigarillo produces heavy smoke this smoke should not be inhaled into the lungs, and cigarette smokers may find it slightly difficult to consume. As such they are a healthier alternative to cigarettes. But the delight and satisfaction it offers is unmatchable. The packaging the company provides for these cigarillos is also attractive.

Swisher Cigarillos, therefore, score high in terms of quality, flavor andfor mildness.

The history of cigars goes all the way back to Christopher Columbus, who discovered more than America in 1492. The following are some of the cheap cigars in the market.

The Saint Luis Rey Rothchilde comes at $2.12. They are made by Altadis in Honduras, with Honduran, Peruvian, and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos, and a Nicaraguan binder and wrapper.

The Sancho Panza Double Maduro Quixote cigar is made by General Cigar in Honduras with Honduran, Nicaraguan and Dominican filler tobaccos, and a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper. This is medium-to-full in strength. This would be recommended for more experienced cigar smokers.

The Te-Amo World Selection Series comes at $2.17. They are made in Mexico. The Dominican blend is mild and smooth and great for beginners, the Nicaraguan blend is medium and a little bit spicy.

The Slow-Aged Lot 826 Toro comes at $2.08. They are made in Nicaragua by Tabacalera Perdomo. This cigar is made with a blend of Nicaraguan filler tobaccos and a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper. The Lot 826 Maduro cigar is rich tasting and full of flavor, most appropriate for more experienced cigar smokers.

Private Stock #2 comes at $2.20 – $2.72. They are made in the same Davidoff factory down in the Dominican Republic that produces some higher end cigars like Avo and Griffin. This is a mild-to-medium cigar and a good choice for beginners.

Gispert Corona comes at $1.85. It is a mild-to-medium bodied cigar made in Honduras. The wrapper is an Ecuadorian Connecticut Natural, the binder is Honduran and filler is a mix of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobacco. It has an earthy and woodsy flavor with hints of leather. It is a great choice in cheap cigars for a beginner.

Helix Blue Tubular comes at a price of $2.15 – $2.45. Helix Blue Tubular cigars are made in Honduras by the General Cigar Company. These cheap cigars contain Honduran, Brazilian, and Dominican filler tobaccos, and are made with a Mexican binder and a Connecticut shade wrapper. A mild cigar, it is appropriate for a beginner to smoke, and it is comparable with more expensive smokes.

Flor de Oliva Gold Toro comes at a price of $1.44 – $2.10. Flor de Oliva Gold cigars are made in Nicaragua with Nicaraguan filler tobaccos and Connecticut shade wrappers. These cigars are mild-to-medium and compare favorably with more expensive cigars made with similar tobaccos. Aging of these cigars for a couple of months in a humidor before smoking is recommended. They would make an excellent choice for newer cigar smokers. `

La Vieja Habana Cuban Corojo Chateau Corona comes at $1.70 – $2.30. La Vieja Habana cigars are made by Drew Estate in Nicaragua. Their Cuban Corojo wrappers make them a bit spicy, but not over the top. The corojo wrapper also offers a touch of sweetness which balances well with the spice. A nice medium bodied cigar and a decent value.

Mr. B Lonsdale Maduro comes at $.80 – $1.05. Mr. B Lonsdale Maduro cigars are handmade in Nicaragua with 100% tobacco, and are mild-to-medium in flavor.

Double Diamond Full Flavor 100s Filtered Little Cigars 20ct x 10 pack. Double Diamond Cigars are one of the most affordable little cigars on the market. They come in 5 distinct flavors: Black Cherry, Grape, Menthol, Mild and Full Flavor.

Christopher Columbus, on his mission to find a western route to Asia in1492 discovered a new land. However, tobacco was his most important discovery. He saw the native Arawaks smoking a substance through a tube, which they called “tobago”, which we now know as Tobacco. This new land was named “Hispanola” by Columbus and now it is known as the Dominican Republic, the home of many fine premium cigars. Tobacco and later cigars thus began their entry into the rest of the world.

Phillies Cigars are a very popular brand of American-made cigars. They were originally made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and thus derive their name. Altadis U.S.A., Inc., an American subsidiary of Spanish-based Altadis S.A., manufactures Phillies.

Black Max, Blunt, Cheroot, Cigarillo, Mexicali Slim, Mini Blunt, Panatella, Perfecto, Sweet, Tip, and Titan are some of the several sizes in which Phillies come.

“Blunts”, is a popular name for a particular size of Phillies cigars,which are commonly sold at convenience stores and gas stations, as well as specialized smoke shops. It is also known as Phillies Blunt, often Phillie Blunt. This name has of late come to refer to all “marijuana cigars”. This is an inexpensive cigar with a tough wrapper and is often emptied and re-rolled with other smoking mixtures. The most common is marijuana.

The several flavors in which Phillies Blunt cigars are available include banana, berry, chocolate aroma, coconut, coffee, cognac, greene de menthe, honey, mango, peach, pina colada, sambuca, sour apple, strawberry, sweet vanilla, sugar, tequila, watermelon, grape, and cinnamon. Barrel O’ Blunt cigars are Phillies Blunts packaged in 50-pack “barrels”. Mini Blunts are also being produced.

A Phillies cigar is the wise consumer’s alternative to the more expensive cigars without losing taste and flavor. They use the same tobacco used in Cohiba, Hoyo de Monterrey and Punch.

The best thing about Phillies cigars undoubtedly is the price. Phillies has managed to keep the cost of labor needed to produce these cigars, minimal over the years. They make sure there is less waste and low labor costs, which comes as the connoisseur’s advantage. However, there is no compromise on quality.

Some of the toxins or irritants in cigar smoke include carbon monoxide, nicotine, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia and volatile aldehydes. Of these, the agent in tobacco that causes addiction or dependence is Nicotine. While cigarettes have an average total nicotine content of about 8.4 milligrams, many popular brands of cigars will contain between 100 and 200 milligrams, or as many as 444 milligrams of nicotine. However as cigars age, the nicotine levels drops off. It can even completely disappear. The quality of the cigar and how long it has aged at the factory determine the time taken for this to happen.

A cigar that is affordable and widely available at gas stations and convenience stores, the Phillie Blunt offers a good cigar that does not get hung up on branding. There are at least 50 different flavors including alcoholic drinks, spices and fruits.

The very attributes that make it good value for the cost conscious consumer have made it the cigar of choice for marijuana smokers. The tobacco inside the cigar casing is emptied out and the tough rolled leaf refilled with marijuana. The brand is owned by Altadis Tobacco of Spain and they must be dismayed to find that a “blunt” as they are commonly referred to is a code word for a marijuana cigar!

The name is derived from the city of Philadelphia in much the same way as the Phillies baseball club, as the cigars were originally manufactured by Bayuk Cigar over a 100 years ago in that city. Painted into posterity in the Edward Hopper painting, ‘Nighthawks’, the diner has an advertisement for the Phillies Cigar above its window.

Pop culture has been quick on the uptake and the Phillie Blunt has held a favored place with many hip-hop lyrics giving it a mention. Parents need to be alert to the innocuous looking tobacco wrappers that are used to hide a variety of illicit substances.

Remarks like: “Mary and Jane smoked a fat blunt last night with their friends!” or “Hey somebody must be having a good time – did ya see that pile of Phillie guts in front of pump 4″ or “Hey Nigga roll dat phillie up and let’s blaze” give the game away to a parent in the know. Phillie guts are the piles of tobacco left at gas stations by young people who have removed the tobacco straight after purchasing the cigars.

In the San Andreas version of Grand Theft Auto, a Homies Sharps logo plays on the original logo of the Phillies Blunts. It is used on t-shirts and billboards in the game.

At odds with the premium image associated with cigar smoking of elegant celebrities, sophisticated businessmen and top flight politicians smoking handmade Cuban cigars, the Phillie Blunt’s marijuana connection is an image which will not change for generations to come. A high five to Adidas for cleverly paying tribute in a Superstar shoe, that teams up the red from the cigar wrapper with cigar-paper-colored brown leather and a white trim.

Consumers of Phillies are also drawn to Backwood Cigars for brand image. Backwood Cigars offer a similar low cost quality alternative in the cheap cigar range.

The inhabitants of Europe were unaware of tobacco until subsequent to Columbus’s epic voyage of 1492. His sailors reported that the Cuban Indians smoked a primitive form of cigar, with twisted, dried tobacco leaves rolled in other leaves such as palm. In due course, smoking spread to Spain, Portugal, America and Britain. By the mid-16th century the commercial cultivation of tobacco had commenced in America. But cigar smoking did not really boom in the United States until the Civil War in the 1860s. By then the cigar had become a status symbol in the United States.

In 1911, the U.S government broke up the American Tobacco Company trust into many small companies. The Cigar Advertising History dates back to picture cards when pictures of baseball players, movie stars were enclosed inside cigar packs. Soon, tobacco companies discontinued using these cards. Instead, they paid advertisers to think of slogans to sell their product. The pivotal turning point in Cigar Advertising History was in 1917, during the First World War. Cigarette companies used pictures of soldiers smoking cigarettes in their commercials in order to appeal to the strong sense of patriotism which was prevalent during that time. Many people considered soldiers as heroes and started smoking too.

After World War I, there was a downslide in the popularity of cigars as compared to cigarettes. Cigar makers stopped the production of attractive cigar bands to cut costs. The cost cut wasn’t enough – many cigar companies closed for good in the US during the 1920s’ and 1930s’. During the Second World War many soldiers smoked cigarettes. People saw pictures of soldiers smoking and soon they began smoking cigarettes as well in the early 19th century as a cheap alternative to cigars. As a response, the manufacture and smoking of handmade cigars fell into an all-time low.

Smoking in general became much less popular since the publication of the American Surgeon General’s report on its effects on health in the early 1960s. More reports were issued about the risks of using tobacco products, and warning labels became required on tobacco items. But since the early 1990s, there has been a major revival in the popularity of handmade cigars: they have become chic once more, thanks to the enthusiasm of celebrities and the media.

The expansion of the cigar industry and the new possibilities were developed by the printing industry. Thus a “Golden Age” of cigar advertising history was almost guaranteed in the following decades. The late 19th and 20th centuries featured elaborate cigar box and cigar band artwork, often advertised by highly-regarded commercial artists. These well-known bands featured images of famous figures of the day like actors and actresses, historical figures, nature scenes and animals.

Cheyenne International is one of the most important cigar producers from America that have some of the most popular cigars in the world. The Cheyenne Cigar is one of the cigar products from the company and is very popular not only in America but also all over the world. This machine made product is manufactured in Grover of North Carolina. The starting of the brand was in 2004, but the fine quality of this brand of cigars makes it a continued popular brand that is well received among smokers. The Cheyenne Cigars contain an homogenized wrapper from Colorado Claro which gives the brand all natural identity. The tobacco that is used in the cigars is totally from the American tobacco trees.

The Cheyenne Cigars contain many popular flavors including menthol, peach and wild cherry. There are many different flavors available for the Cheyenne Cigars. The cigars are not only great in the test section but also make a great impression in term of price. The reasonable price of the Cheyenne Cigars makes them affordable to most people. These important qualities of the Cheyenne Cigar help make it a most popular brand with regular smokers.

The Cheyenne Cigar is sometimes compared with the hav a tampa from the famous cigar company Altadis USA. This cigar was introduced in 1902 and since then became one of the most important cigar brands in the world. The hav a tampa cigars have unique test as well four varieties including original, black n gold, sweet and vanilla. The Cheyenne Cigar is known to give the same impression of quality to its customers; the Cheyenne Cigar is the hav a tampa of Cheyenne International. The originality of both the brands makes them best selling products of our time.

There are many American cigar brands that are available for the smokers. But very few of them have a very nice quality as well as an affordable price. Backwood is one of such brands that are a top selling cigar brand in the USA. The introduction of the Backwood Smokes was in 1973.

At first the company started with the cigarette. After the banning and anti cigarette laws around the 70s, the company started to produce different kinds of cigarette, advertised to create a manly appearance.The starting of cigar production by Backwood Smokes was in 1981. The speciality of these cigars was in the exclusive design. They started with cigars of different types and flavors and the size was much smaller than other brands of that time; very similar to the cigarettes.

The idea of a small sized cigar that was more like a cigarette was adopted by other popular brands in later years, is still running and has a huge demand in the market. With their unique look, the company started their innovative marketing idea of making the brand a manly symbol. They used the words “wild and mild” in the product promotion which was a big hit. The cigars were made of all natural tobacco and they did not use homogenized elements. The frayed end of the cigars also created a great impression among the users. Backwood Smokes used the full advantage of this feature and declared the product as the brand for tough men.

To make the advertising campaign more successful, the company used a western style image. The image of the Backwood cigars with the cowboy photos gives the cigar a different and appealing appearance. This exclusive marketing along with the best testing tobacco, first class quality and reasonable price makes this brand an instant success and one of the top brands in the world market.