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Hooray for you! You made your resolutions. Now, here are some fun ways to break them.
Jump to full article: The Washington Post, 2005-01-02
Author: Andrea Sachs Washington Post Staff Writer; Page P08
Intro: I resolve to quit smoking.
Light up a Carlos Torano Torpedo and puff away. The Dominican Republic grows and hand-rolls some of the best cigars this side of the Caribbean. There are cigar plantations and factories throughout the country, though most congregate around Santiago and the Cibao Valley region, near Puerto Plata. In Santiago, you can visit the E. Leon Jimenez and La Aurora cigarette/cigar operation and shop at the factory store. Or sample stogies -- and rum cocktails -- at Cafe Cito ( 1/4 mile west of Playa Dorada's main gate), where the house cigar is Cuevas Hermanos. And at the resortopolis of Punta Cana, watch the cigar transform from tobacco leaves into giant ash at the Domenico Cigar Manufactory
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