Comedian Ernie Kovacs smoked and promoted Dutch Master Cigars. Chapter 7 tells us that the cigar has a renaissance in the past 8 years as an elegant bit of culture. The cigar has always received preferential treatment. The General Cigar Company is not in the list of nine cigar companies that make cigarettes or smokeless tobacco and are under FDA regulations. Other cigar makers are regulated as makers of little cigars.
All states now have tax laws and prohibit the sale of cigars to minors.
The cigar is a form of tobacco, which does not look like a cigarette and does not taste like a cigarette, and is not a cigarette.