Casillas Family Cigars

Personally, I love the smell and taste of a fine cigar... It's almost as sweet as bouquet of roses!!! As for these guys they are the heart and soul of the cigar business. It's a cultural thing and those who can't appreciate that, obviously know little or nothing about Cuban culture. I wish this video was longer, too because they have so much insight to offer. They are passionate and skilled professionals who share their hearts and souls in the form of the fine art of cigar rolling. I don't expect everyone to understand the pleasures in enjoying a fine cigar, but an occasional cigar will never be as detrimental to American health as cigarettes have been! and yes, women enjoy cigars, too! My favorite is the panetela!

This is an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the cigar business. I loved the shots of the guy rolling the cigars. However, there's not a whole lot of character development here, and I would have liked to have gotten to know more about the family. It's common to see pods that are maybe just a tad too long, but I felt this pod was actually just a little too short and could benefit from more information.

For me this film wasn't about smoking - it was about a family, a culture and a shared heritage. To smoke or not to smoke, for me, is personal choice - so I watched this film with an open mind. I thought it was a fabulous film - with a great central character - who is clearly the don of the cigar world. This is a great understated film about a man who takes pride in his work, family and although born in Miami - always remembers his roots. Great film, full stop.

Personally, I enjoy an occasional cigar. It's almost novelty while playing poker. And I've had some fun times while I was smoking a cigar. Good conversations with my father, epic card games, and camping trips with my closest friends. I realize that I could have a good time without the cigar, but it was there at all the right times. To talk with my dad on the porch, smoke my first cigar (as an eighteen-year-old anyway), and talk about life seemed like a good way to go into manhood. They're nice around campfires too.

I understand what health advocates are trying to do and they need to put the information out there, but it's not going to stop me. Help all the people who want to stop smoking do so, but don't make me feel like an idiot when I don't care. I know the effects, they're right on the box. I just live this way because it's who I am right now. Chill out. I'm a smoker. I want to quit one day, just not now. I've been told that I'm "polluting the air," but in my opinion, if you drive a car, you can't even talk about environmental concerns if you're doing the same thing in another form.

But I respect how these organizations and people have helped many of the trying smokers to quit and good for you. Awesome job. If I ever need help I'll call you.

That was terribly misleading and frankly, inaccurate to claim that cigar smoking is somehow "safer" and that occasional smokers count as a non-smoker for insurance purposes (sure, if you LIE and wait until the evidence leaves your system before giving blood or urine). A single large cigar can contain as much tobacco as an entire pack of cigarettes. The secondhand smoke it gives off and that others breathe in can fill a room for hours. Most cigars have as much nicotine as several cigarettes. One cigarette delivers about 1 to 2 milligrams of nicotine, while many popular brands of cigars contain between 100 and 200 milligrams, or as even many as 444 milligrams of nicotine. See what the American Cancer Society has to say about it and how the cigar industry tried to paint it as a "safe" habit much like the cigarette industry did way back when before the truth became known (and by the way, my grandfather was a lifetime cigar smoker....and died of lung cancer...and personally, THEY STINK!).
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Cigar_Smoking.asp