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Little-known facts about cigars:
* Unveiled in August: Sopranos Edition cigars, by CAO International. Sizes, from smallest to largest, include the Associate, the Soldier and the Boss.
* Before President John F. Kennedy signed the embargo on Cuban exports in 1962, he had Press Secretary Pierre Salinger purchase about 1,000 Cuban cigars for his own stash.
* Four of the first six people inducted into Cigar Aficionado's hall of fame had Tampa roots: Carlos Fuente Sr., Frank Llaneza, Stanford Newman and Angel Oliva Sr.
* Researchers attending a cigar event in San Francisco found that carbon monoxide levels inside were higher than those typically found on a busy California freeway.
* In 1896, the Tampa Morning Tribune wrote that "the cigar industry is to this city what the iron industry is to Pittsburgh, or (the) cotton mill industry to Manchester."
* When Ybor City cigar factories experienced labor strife around the turn of the 20th century, it was not unusual for the Tampa Board of Trade to form a posse that would beat up ringleaders or chase them out of town.
* Cover subjects for Cigar Aficionado have included actors Susan Lucci and Denzel Washington, athletes Wayne Gretzky and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, and actor Michael Richards, who played Kramer on Seinfeld.
Sources: Cigar Aficionado; CAO International; American Cancer Society; "Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa" by Robert Kerstein.