In Cuba it’s close, but no giant cigar

Posted on: May 7th, 2008
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“Looks like it will be close, but no giant cigar, for Cuba’s stogie-rolling king Jose Castelar. The 64-year-old former world-record holder has teamed up with five assistants, using nearly 93 pounds (42 kilograms) of top-quality tobacco to assemble a 98-foot (30-meter) cigar.”*

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