One of the top priorities on our list was to buy some authentic Cuban cigars. We tried two different approaches. First, we bought a box at an authorized store inside the Hotel Habana Libre.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Cuban cigars hold a reputation as the world's most opulent tobacco product. A box of good-quality Habanos can cost thousands of dollars.

Cuba's world-famous cigars combine richly flavored, slow-burning tobacco and a hand-rolling tradition going back hundreds of years. Here's a look inside the renowned El Laguito cigar factory in ...

But one of the most perplexing laws is a nationwide ban on Cuban cigars. Ever since most of us can remember, Cuban cigars have always been contraband, which has only heightened their intrigue.

Of course, that doesn’t change the fact that Cuba is the birthplace of modern cigars and has inspired many of today’s biggest tobacco producers in the world. The most prominent growing regions ...

You could visit one of the new, bourgeois cigar lounges that are popping up all over Miami's shmanciest neighborhoods, but why mess with a proven formula? Set in the heart of Little Havana ...

Written and directed by James Orr the 53minute video chronicles the entire process of Cuban cigar making from planting to packaging offering rare never before seen footage of the facilities where ...