• Al Capone$42.50
• Astra$6.10
• Bond Street$10.90
• Camel$14.50
• Chesterfield$13.60
• Cigaronne$18.60
• Classic$9.60
• Cosmos$8.10
• Davidoff$19.60
• Doina$8.60
• Esse$15.20
• Eva$13.20
• Fluieras$8.60
• Level$8.90
• Glamour$12.70
• Hilton$9.60
• Karelia$16.60
• Kent$17.40
• Kiss$12.40
• L&M$12.60
• Lady$12.30
• Leana$6.60
• LD$8.40
• Luceafar$8.10
• Lucky Strike$14.10
• Marengo$21.10
• Marlboro$15.20
• Monte Carlo$11.10
• Moods$55.10
• More$9.60
• MT$9.10
• Nistru$7.10
• OK$11.60
• Orbita$8.10
• Pall Mall$12.60
• Parliament$21.10
• Plai$8.60
• Plugarul$8.60
• Prima Lux$10.10
• R1 Slim$15.90
• Red & White$9.60
• Richmond$29.60
• Saint George$8.60
• Sobranie$19.60
• Sovereign$10.60
• Style$9.60
• Temp$8.60
• Viceroy$9.60
• Virginia$15.90
• Vogue$19.60
• West$10.90
• Winston$12.10
• Zevs$9.90
• Zimbru$8.10
• 4ever$8.10

Indian aficionados of cigar smoking

Smoking of refined cigar is new trend in India that continues to be with each day more and more desired by real aficionados. Now, it is hard to image a nuptial reminiscent of Indian royalty and splendor without cigar lounge, that are created specially for those guests that desire to enjoy a good drink or simple discussion while smoking Cuban cigar.

An example is Hurley-Nayar nuptials that take place at the grand Umaid Bhavan Palace in Jodhpur.

Manish Dutt, proprietor of Kastro’s, a cigar store at Delhi’s Santushti complex, maintains that:” We started cigar lounges at weddings last season and now everybody seems to want one. People like their space to relax and smoke”. In Dutt’s tobacco store cigars can cost anywhere between Rs 200 to 2,000 and its four-year-old store deals in 24 varieties of premium Cuban cigars, “created” the cigar lounge at the Hurley wedding.

Light up of cigars become indispensable item of today’s Indian admirers that with every day become more numerous in number. Also, it can be observed a new re-construction in common. Such stores as Tabula Rasa at Saket’s Square One mall and Smoke House Grill at Greater Kailash introduced cigar menus to their repertoire. “Seven years back when we started, no one was smoking cigars. Now people are lighting up everywhere,” says Chetan Seth, owner of Cingari at the Oberoi Hotel.

From most recognizable cigar brands that Indians prefer to smoke can be mentioned Montecristo, Cohibas, Romeo y Julieta and Trinidad. One of recently introduced cigar brands in hotels, bars and airport lounges in the city is Davidoff that come in form of Senoritas, Panatelas, Petit Coronas, Grand Coronas and Double Coronas at. While Cubans are still considered the best and availability is limited, brands like Davidoff pegged at Rs 600-Rs 1,400 are eyeing a share in the pie.

Manish Dutt, proprietor of Kastro’s store didn’t stop on vending only cigars. He is planed to launch an exhibition of Cuban humidors and other cigar accessories for those that are interested in exquisiteness of live.

Opinions on extensive practice of cigars’ smoking are diverse. Proprietor of restaurant A D Singh, who advertise Cubans, affirmed that: “People are smoking more in Delhi than Mumbai”. Another point of view has Arjun Amla owner of Mashrabiya at Delhi’s Hotel Ashoka that for four years are delighting its clients with best sorts of cigar: “The numbers are still very small. Most of our loyal clientele comes from this refined class”.

To this “refined class” belong not only men, but also women like Ameeta Seth, Chetan Seth’s daughter and theatre personality Sita Raina. About Indian woman smoking of cigars Seth said: “Women cigar smokers are still rare. But slowly they are switching from cigarettes to cigars”. She planned to organize at Oberoi a dinner for all women that use to light up cigars.