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Obama refuses to light up, fans name cigar after him 

Jump to full article: CNN-IBN (in), 2009-02-08

Intro:

US President Barack Obama has spawned a host of commercial spin-offs from t-shirts and headbands to toilet seat covers But now here's one that may make the former chain smoker himself see red.

It's a line of cigars manufactured in Nicaragua for an US based company.

The company has shipped 20,000 Obama Presidential Series 44 cigars into the US after Obama's historic win.

It's already a hit among smokers.

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