| According to a recent survey by the ASC | | | | guillotine, Bulls Eye, and the V-Cut |
| (alt.smokers.cigars) the following results | | | | respectively. |
| were obtained from a recent online survey of | | | | |
| cigar smokers: | | | | The two most popular methods of lighting the |
| | | | cigar were the butane lighter at 51% and |
| 86% of cigar smokers report that they do not | | | | wooden matches at 33%. |
| inhale. | | | | |
| | | | According to those surveyed 47% said that |
| The average number of cigars smoked per week | | | | they smoked a wide variety of cigars while |
| is 6.74 at and average price of $4.34 | | | | 38% reported smoking their favorites and |
| | | | testers. |
| The best individual cigars were the Romeo y | | | | |
| Julieta Churchill(Cuba) with 8 votes, the | | | | Most reported their reason for smoking cigars |
| Cohiba Esplendido(Cuba) and Montecristo(Cuba) | | | | was relaxation, followed by "makes me light |
| each with 7 votes, and rounding out the top | | | | headed" and enjoyment of smoking. |
| five were the AF Flor Fina and the AF | | | | |
| Hemmingway Signature both from the Dominican | | | | The length of time the responders had been |
| Republic with 5 votes each | | | | smoking cigars ranged from newcomer to over |
| | | | 40 years with the average being 7.2 years. |
| The best cigar brands overall were A. Fuente | | | | |
| from Dominican Republic with 15 votes, A. | | | | 49% of those surveyed said they bought both |
| Fuente Hemmingway(DR) with 12 votes, the | | | | boxes and singles, 34% bought only single |
| always popular and internationally known | | | | cigars and 17% bought only boxes. |
| Cohiba from Cuba with 12 votes, Excalibur by | | | | |
| HdM of Honduras, and in 5th La Gloria Cubana | | | | 44% of the surveyed cigar smokers bought |
| from the United States. | | | | their cigars locally while 42% bought locally |
| | | | and mail order, and 14% through mail order |
| The worst cigars were Phillies, Swisher | | | | only. |
| Sweets, Habana Golds, White Owl, Te-Amo, | | | | |
| Dutch Masters, Hav-A-Tampa, El Producto, | | | | Of those with a humidor they had an average |
| Garcia y Vega, H Upmann, Hoyo/Excalibur, and | | | | of 162 cigars in the humidor and at an |
| King Edward. | | | | average total value of $250 with most of the |
| | | | cigars coming from Dominica, Honduras, Cuba, |
| According to the survey the 10 most popular | | | | and Nicaragua. |
| cigar smoking celebrities are George Burns in | | | | |
| first place, followed by David Letterman in | | | | According to the survey 88% said they would |
| second, then Arnold Schwarzenegger in third, | | | | smoke Cuban cigars on a regular basis if it |
| Groucho Marx fourth, Rush Limbaugh fifth, Tom | | | | were not for the United States ban and their |
| Selleck sixth, Bill Cosby seventh, Jack | | | | opinion about Fidel Castro was pretty even |
| Nicholson eighth, Winston Churchill ninth, | | | | with 53% saying that they had no opinion |
| and the character Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld | | | | about him and 45% being Anti-Castro. 43% said |
| tenth. | | | | they thought the Cuban Embargo would be |
| | | | lifted by 2009. |
| The favorite cutting methods were the | | | | |