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Aaron Sigmond is the founding editor of both Smoke magazine and The Cigar Report, a Doubledown Media publication, where he also served as Group Luxury Editor. Sigmond has written about cigars and other subjects for Playboy, in addition to numerous other publications and Web sites. Born in Los Angeles, Sigmond now lives, works, and smokes in New York City.

Nick Kolakowski started writing about cigars as deputy editor of The Cigar Report. As a journalist, his work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Trader Monthly, AutoWeek, Washington City Paper, and Private Air. Currently, he covers the digital sector for Ziff Davis Enterprise. He lives Brooklyn, New York.

A one-of-a-kind illustrated tribute to the joys and history of the cigar—and the good life.