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The publication scored its first great journalistic coup on February 4, 1994, when editor and publisher Shanken met [[Fidel Castro]] in [[Havana]] for a two-hour interview.Marvin R Shanken, "A Conversation with Fidel," ''Cigar Aficionado,'' vol. 2, no. 4 (Summer 1994), pp. 46-59. During this interview Castro recounted the story behind the establishment of the [[Cohiba (cigar brand)|Cohiba brand]], told stories of the importance of cigars to his life as a revolutionary in the mountains of Cuba, and explained his decision to give up cigar smoking in August 1986 as part of a national campaign against tobacco use. In addition to these topics of special interest to cigar smokers, the interview touched upon bilateral relations between the United States and Cuba, during the course of which Castro accused the United States of repeatedly "[[moving the goalposts]] back" for ending the [[United States embargo against Cuba|Cuban economic embargo]] and said that "no other country has as unblemished behavior about human rights" as Cuba. |
The publication scored its first great journalistic coup on February 4, 1994, when editor and publisher Shanken met [[Fidel Castro]] in [[Havana]] for a two-hour interview.Marvin R Shanken, "A Conversation with Fidel," ''Cigar Aficionado,'' vol. 2, no. 4 (Summer 1994), pp. 46-59. During this interview Castro recounted the story behind the establishment of the [[Cohiba (cigar brand)|Cohiba brand]], told stories of the importance of cigars to his life as a revolutionary in the mountains of Cuba, and explained his decision to give up cigar smoking in August 1986 as part of a national campaign against tobacco use. In addition to these topics of special interest to cigar smokers, the interview touched upon bilateral relations between the United States and Cuba, during the course of which Castro accused the United States of repeatedly "[[moving the goalposts]] back" for ending the [[United States embargo against Cuba|Cuban economic embargo]] and said that "no other country has as unblemished behavior about human rights" as Cuba. |
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A 2024 study in "Tobacco Prevention & Cessation" examined all six bimonthly 2023 issues of "Cigar Aficionado" and reported 276 advertisements and 133 articles across the year.{{Cite web |title=A topical examination of Cigar Aficionado magazine content, 2023 |url=https://www.tobaccopreventioncessation.com/pdf-196229-117478?filename=A-topical-examination-of-.pdf |access-date=2026-04-23}} |
A 2024 study in "Tobacco Prevention & Cessation" examined all six bimonthly 2023 issues of "Cigar Aficionado" and reported 276 advertisements and 133 articles across the year, with cigars and alcohol among the most common advertising topics and cigars, reviews/spotlights, and celebrities among the most common article topics.{{Cite web |title=A topical examination of Cigar Aficionado magazine content, 2023 |url=https://www.tobaccopreventioncessation.com/pdf-196229-117478?filename=A-topical-examination-of-.pdf |access-date=2026-04-23}} |
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