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band also had this advantage that it protected the fingers of the members of the upper class wearing white gloves.
Ci******es, or paper ci**rs, first appeared on the scene in the early 19th century as a cheap alternative to ci**rs. The introduction of cigarette-making machines, in the 1880s, accelerated the growth in popularity of this form of smoking, which had become dominant by World War I. As a response, the production of machine-made ci**rs began in Cuba in the 1920s, after which both the manufacture and smoking of handmade ci**rs fell into a slow but steady decline.
Ci**rs and Cuba
In order to protect its production and to fight counterfeit, Cuba developed signs of recognition such as the seal introduced in 1912, and a reciprocity treaty with France in 1929, guaranteeing the respect of the appellations of origin (A.O.C) for both countries. In 1959, Cuba also registered 18 names, including Cuba and Habano.
In the beginning of 2002, Habanos SA, (the state-owned to***co company) decided to withdraw hundreds of references from its catalog and to focus on 33 major brands, with 250 vitolas and 359 references.
The famous habano!
The appellation havana (actually habano) can only be given to a cigar rolled in Cuba, with leaves cropped in Cuba. Five areas grow to***co: Oriente (Bayamo, Baracoa), Remedios (the area between Sancti Spiritus and Santa Clara), Partidos (near La Havana), Semi-Vuelta et Vuelta Abajo (Pinar del Rio area).
The leaves that make a havana come only from Partido (specialized in the production of wrapper leaves) and Vuelta Abajo. The best leaves are cropped in two villages in Vuelta Abajo : San Luis and San Juan y Martinez.
