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