Do You Smoke in Your Home?

(n=187)

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Do You Inhale?

(n=187)

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How Many Cigars Do You Smoke Each Week?

(n=188)

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What Do You Pay For Your Average Cigar?

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What Were A.S.C.ers Favorite Cigars & Brands?

Best Cigar (with 3 or more votes)	Votes
Romeo y Julieta Churchill (Cuba)	8
Cohiba Esplendido (Cuba)	7
Montecristo #2 (Cuba)	7
AF Flor Fina 8-5-8 (DR)	5
AF Hemmingway Signature (DR)	5
Excalibur #1 Maduro (Honduras)	5
Hoyo de Monterrey Dbl. Corona (Cuba)	5
Partagas #10 (DR)	4
Bolivar Belicoso FIno (Cuba)	3
Excalibur #1 (DR)	3

Best Cigar Brand	Votes
A. Fuente (DR)	15
A. Fuente Hemmingway (DR)	12
Cohiba (Cuba)	12
Excalibur by HdM (Honduras)	12
La Gloria Cubana (USA)	12
Partagas (DR)	12
Romeo y Julieta (Cuba)	12
Montecristo (Cuba)	11
Avo (DR)	7
Bolivar (Cuba)	7
Hoyo de Monterrey (Cuba)	7
Cuba Aliados (Honduras)	4
Hoyo de Mont. (Honduras)	4
Romeo y Julieta Vintage (DR)	4
Macanudo (Jamaica)	3
Punch (Honduras)	3

(n=171)

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What Were A.S.C.ers Absolute Worst Cigars & Brands?

Worst Cigar (with 3 or more votes)	Votes
Phillies Blunts	4

Worst Cigar Brand	Votes
Phillies (USA)	11
Swisher Sweets (USA)	11
Habana Gold (Honduras)	10
White Owl (USA)	10
Te-Amo (Mexico)	5
Dutch Masters (PR)	4
Hav-A-Tampa (USA)	4
El Producto (PR)	3
Garcia y Vega (USA)	3
H. Upmann (DR)	3
Hoyo/Excalibur (Honduras)	3
King Edward (USA)	3
Thomas Hinds (Honduras)	3

(n=147)

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Who Were A.S.C.ers Favorite Cigar Smoking Celebrities?

NEWS FLASH:  Miguelito Tied With Demi Moore

Celebrity (Male)	Votes	Percent
George Burns	22	16
David Letterman	15	11
Arnold Schwarzenegger	14	10
Groucho Marx	11	8
Rush Limbaugh	11	8
Tom Selleck	9	6
Bill Cosby	8	6
Jack Nicholson	8	6
Winston Churchill	7	5
Kramer (Seinfeld)	4	3
Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue)	3	2
Miguelito	2	1	Miguelito tied with Demi Moore
Marv	1	1	Marv Shankin tied with Bill Clinton (I guess he has a certain affinity for presidents, huh?)
Bill Clinton	1	1
Celebrity (Female)	Votes	Percent
Demi Moore	2	1	Also named were Whoppie Goldberg, Lauren Hutton and Fatima Janssen

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Cutting Method

Guillotine	65%
Bulls Eye	16%
V-Cut	6%
Teeth	5%
Scissors	3%
Angle Cut	2%
Other	2%
Pencil/Piercing	1%
Knife	1%
44 Magnum	1%

(n=186)

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Lighter vs. Matches

(n=187)

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Do You Remove the Band?

(n=185)

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How Far Down Do You Smoke Your Cigars?

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Do You Smoke One Favorite Cigar Most of the Time?

(n=188)

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Why A.S.C.ers Smoke & How it Effects Them

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How Long Have You Been Smoking Stogies?

(n=187)

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How A.S.C.ers Socialize

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CIGAR BUYING & OWNERSHIP

Singles vs. Box

(n=187)

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Local vs. Mail Order

(n=184)

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Number of Cigars in Your Humidor

(n=184)

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Value of Your Humidor

(n=175)

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What's in the Average A.S.C.er's Humidor?

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What Percentage of A.S.C.ers Smoke Cigars
  From the Following Countries?

	Dominican	91%
	Cuba	50%
	Honduras	82%
	Jamaica	32%
	Mexico	23%
	USA	34%
	Nicaragua	47%
	Other Country	9%

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C I G A R    A F I N C I O N A D O

What A.S.C.ers Read

(n=175)

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Do You Trust in CA's Cigar Ratings?

(n=175)

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Do You Buy Cigars Based on CA's Ratings?

(n=176)

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Do You Agree With CA's Ratings?

(n=150)

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Do you think there is any relationship between CA's cigar ratings and how much that brand advertises in Cigar Aficionado magazine?

(n=170)

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Do You Rate Your Own Cigars?

(n=181)

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C U B A N S   

For USA Respondents:
  If you could easily get/smoke Cuban cigars
  (which would still be illegal), would you?

(n=163)

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How A.S.C.ers Feel About Fidel Castro

(n=181)

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When Do You Think the Cuban Embargo Will Be Lifted?

1996- 1997	1998- 1999	2000- 2009	2010- 2021	Not in Next 25 Years	Other or No Answer	Average Year of Lifting
4%	31%	43%	8%	7%	7%

(n=176)

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How much will the cost of Havana cigars rise
after the Cuban embargo is lifted?

Avg. Amount Havanas Will Increase

(n=179)

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H E A L T H   I S S U E S

Do you worry about smoking related illness?

(n=185)

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If, in the future, your Dr. told you that you had to quit smoking cigars, or else you would die or become seriously ill, would you?

(n=185)

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S W I S H E R   N O N S E N S E

How Far Would You Walk For A Swisher?

(n=153)

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Have You Ever Really Smoked A Swisher?

(n=174)

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