wich is the origin of the tradition to give away cigars when there´s a newborn boy?

Answer 1

I got this information straight from a cigar company:


For generations it has been a tradition for parents to pass out it's a boy cigars or it's a girl cigars to announce the birth of a new born baby. Although the exact origins of the tradition are somewhat unclear, many claim that it comes from the customs of the natives who inhabited the new world.

American Indians had a custom known as "potlatch" which involved the sharing of gifts with members of the tribe. A "potlatch" was held to celebrate the happiness of a significant event, such as a birth or wedding. The celebration allowed an individual or family to avoid the jealousy of others and was quite a status symbol among the tribe.

The natives in the Caribbean, Central, and South America puffed on rolled up tobacco leaves wrapped in maize, palm or other native vegetation. As the Europeans arrived in Americas, many of the native customs were subsequently followed by the new settlers and are still in use today.

Answer 2

This one only tells a little about it:
http://www.babygiftcigars.com/announcement-cigar-history.asp

But it's the only one I could find that said anything about it.

Answer 3

My parents receievd chocolate cigars at my birth.

Mint chocolate, if my memory of what they have told me is good.

Answer 4

Yes indeed; cigars for a boy, lollypops for a girl and doobies for a flower child.................

Answer 5

Not sure but you can use gum.

Answer 6

Indian ?? :P