Cuba's state-owned tobacco company is wooing women, with their very own version of the famous Havana cigar - in spite of the well-known health risks of cigar smoking. But is cigar-smoking destined ...

These days women in Cuba do not just roll cigars, they are also playing a growing role in tobacco production. But in a Latin country known for its male chauvinism, cigar-smoking women - whether ...

Now women are working at every stage of cigar production ... a handmade piece of art, an object that symbolizes Cuba itself, burn and turn to ashes. "That's what life is like," said Brinones ...

is indeed as rare as a Cuban cigar in an American humidor. She is one of eight young and attractive cigar-rolling women employed by a company called Cigar Dolls, based in Miami. Lincoln Salazar ...

with 70 percent being women. Among them is Nelsa ­Leonard, a 75-year-old roller, who started working at El Laguito in 1968. She expects Cuban cigar production to help the Caribbean nation's ...

Women are at the centre of cigar production in Cuba Cuba's state-owned tobacco company is wooing women, with their very own version of the famous Havana cigar - in spite of the well-known health ...

Image caption, Women are at the centre of cigar production in Cuba Cuba's state-owned tobacco company is wooing women, with their very own version of the famous Havana cigar - in spite of the well ...