Discover Luxury Cigars, from Cuba to China

 

Smoking has declined globally, but one niche segment of the cigarette market is thriving. Sales of premium cigars are growing at between 4% and 5% a year, with a typical smoker getting younger by the day.

A tourist smells a freshly rolled cigar at a cigar club shop in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Premium cigar smokers are puffing away in exclusive cigar lounges and on the pool sides of five-star hotels, just as cigarette smokers are being banished from indoors to street corners and dark alleys due to growing awareness of the health risks posed by smoking.

To enjoy the rest of the article by Forbes click here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/shuchingjeanchen/2015/01/21/luxury-cigars-from-cuba-to-china/

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