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It's pretty much a military tradition that when you get back from a battle you smoke a cigar. . . . The cigars represent victory. . . . "I just want to let them (soldiers) know that the American public still values and honors them and the public is taking the time out of their busy day to do something for them, to say 'Here. Here is your victory cigar because you guys are heroes in our book.'U.S. Marine Cpl. Benjamin Czap, who is asking Fox Cities (WI) residents to donate cigars for shipment to frontline Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We're not there to start a bad habit with anybody, because you know, it's an elective thing. If you want 'em and a guy hands 'em to you, you can take 'em. If you don't, you can hand them back.WOAI talk show host Jeff Bolton, who started "Sticks for Soldiers," which sends cigars to military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq.
[I]f you’re addicted, what else can you do but beg. . . Yeah, I stole one the other day. I felt guilty. But I got it from a smoker. He would understand.Army Spc. Randy Vasquez, a pack-a-day smoker stationed in Afghanistan who is down to one maybe two begged, borrowed or stolen butts a day. Josar, D.