Cigars: famous people's favourites

A cigar is a tube-shaped roll of uncut tobacco leaves for smoking, usually larger and more expensive than a cigarette. Cigarettes are connected in people's minds with certain famous, and often rich men or powerful men such as Winston Churchill, Fidel Castro and Groucho Marx.

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was a British politician in the conservative party who was Prime Minister during most of World War II and again from 1951 to 1955. He is still remembered and admired by most British people as a great leader who made possible Britain's victory in the war. He is also famous for the many speeches he made during the war, especially on the radio, encouraging British people to believe that they would eventually win. Pictures of Churchill usually show him wearing a hat and smoking a large cigar. He is also known for making the V-sign to show his belief in a British victory in the war.