2007-12-20 11:48:12 · 12 answers · asked by MARCUS R 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
This was the story put out by the Cuban cigar makers to encourage more men to smoke cigars back in the 19th century.
Actually the Cuban [Havana] cigar, which is still made by hand, can be made by both men and women in a cigar factory. The tobacco leafs are simply rolled together on a small wooden board.
Try this : -
Making Cuban cigarsBut Cornell alumna Helen Kleinberg '48 is one who has been to Cuba and back, and she has captured the making of the much coveted Cuban cigar in photos now ...
http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/98/10.1.98/cigars.html
If you are looking to buy high quality Havana Cigars, I suggest you take a stroll down St.James's Street here in London where the best cigar shops in the world are located.
This next link takes you to the world's most famous cigar shop : -
The History of JJ Fox and Robert Lewis Both companies now trade as James J Fox & Robert Lewis at 19 St James's Street, London SW1 - one of the cigar world's most famous and prestigious addresses. ...
http://www.jjfox.co.uk/static/19%20St%20James/ourhistory.htm
Possibly the world's most famous cigar smoker was Winston Churchill : -
Cigar Aficionado | People Profile | Winston ChurchillIn War or Peace, Winston Churchill's Cigars Were Never Far from His Hand .... and shaped like a pagoda with a little trough at the top to hold his cigar. ...
http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,5,00.html
2007-12-21 00:23:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that women rolled them on thighs for show when the cameras where rolling, doubt if they where virgins as they all looked at least 50 chugging away on their free cigars.
2007-12-20 15:37:24 · answer #2 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an urban myth.
Cuban cigars are rolled in factories by factory workers who look, act and smell like factory workers the world over.
It is the same process that operates when your burger is not lovingly crafted by an attractive teenager, but is slapped together by a minimum wage, disaffected, 'couldn't give a fu*k' corporate drop out.
If you want evidence...you will need to open your eyes.
2007-12-20 11:59:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Negative
2016-05-25 05:44:58 · answer #4 · answered by maribel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't rolling tobacco leaves onto your thighs leave you at a higher risk of getting cancer there?
They'd also stink!
2007-12-20 11:56:01 · answer #5 · answered by Gavin T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen it with my own two eyes and it is quite a disgusting practice but free from any STD's of course because of their virgin status
2007-12-21 05:08:05 · answer #6 · answered by Daniel J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing in doubt is the virgins bit. That's what Carmen did in the opera, and I don't think she was one, do you?
2007-12-20 18:07:55 · answer #7 · answered by gravybaby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask any vigin
2007-12-20 11:58:41 · answer #8 · answered by golden 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can get nicotine poisoning due to prolonged contact of tobacco leaves with skin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Tobacco_Sickness
2016-06-01 22:07:39 · answer #9 · answered by Arti 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably by chance. I don't think they had to be virgins to work there.
2007-12-20 11:53:13 · answer #10 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋