Confessions of a (Female) Cigar Smoker

Monday, January 31 2011

By Nicole Lapin - Anchor, Worldwide Exchange | CNBC.com

I  don’t have a whole lot in common with Fidel Castro.

Not a ton with Winston Churchill, Rush Limbaugh, Milton Berle, Mark Twain and Bill Cosby, either. Save, of course, a penchant for cigar smoke.

In my case, it’s recreational, nowhere near the occupational predilection of history’s most recognizable cigar-wielding rebels and icons.

"A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke," one of my favorite poets, Rudyard Kipling, penned in his short story "The Betrothed."

Close, Mr. Kipling, but no cigar. Cigars, for better or worse, link us all, this woman included.

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