Cigar Aficionado sinks to a new low?

[lenivar-cl]

The cigar is not cut.

[slimm-cl]

I can't be cut...looks like it is a prop. Doesn't that suck however? Isn't the mag supposed to cater to smokers overall? SOOOOOO does anyone else feel that the purpose is defeated if you have a celebrity on there who doesn't smoke? It's a little late to be trying to bait us into smoking...

[DBCcigar]

Originally Posted by canney

its not cut

I am thinking the same thing....

[DBCcigar]

It probably a real cigar and they just toasted the end. All props I've seen have the "cigar" cut.

[The EVP]

Originally Posted by slimm

I can't be cut...looks like it is a prop. Doesn't that suck however? Isn't the mag supposed to cater to smokers overall? SOOOOOO does anyone else feel that the purpose is defeated if you have a celebrity on there who doesn't smoke? It's a little late to be trying to bait us into smoking...

Just because it's a prop cigar doesn't mean the person doesn't smoke. Someone said in an earlier post, maybe the photographer doesn't want the haze of smoke in the picture or for smoke to block out the subject, in this case Kevin Costner, of the photo.

[baboruger]

When I think about this I think does it really matter to me? Magazines and what not have used props for the covers forever. The professional photographer is looking for glamor in these shots even for a smoking magazine, so a prop would fit the bill for the cover shot. I bet it is airbrushed as well. I tend to have a much bigger issue with CA.

In my mind the magazines quality comes from what is between the covers, and that IMHO is where CA lacks. For a "cigar" magazine to only have 20 or so pages at the end dedicated to cigars seems wrong to me. I think that is where they sink to new lows in my book.

[sseagle]

I think you are all missing it. None of that picture is real but Kevin Costner. Only his massive 'acting' 'skills' are making it look like there is anything there.

[boomerd35]

Guess nobody agreed with the possibility that it could have been a V cut.

[bearcorp]

That's hilarious...well, at least his hair looks good.

[Lighthouse]

Next thing you'll read is Kostner is an anti-cigar smoker activist!
You'd think he would know enough to make it look right. At the very least his handler(s) should have known. A guy like that doesn't show up for an interview without a handler to address details!

[AbeScromsbie-cl]

It's the prop Bilbo Shanken uses when he's stalking Ernie & Rush on the 9th hole...

[Wooden Indian Tobacco]

Lmfao!

[mikejh-cl]

those articles are so ridiculous, do they intend to avoid talking about cigars for most of the article or does it just get edited that way? its like 2 or 3 pages about the persons career/personal life, then all of the sudden, um joe smith likes his cigars box pressed cuz he loves the feel, and then in 1996 he starred in the movie blah blah blah....

isnt this supposed to be a magazine about cigars?

i happened to buy this issue while i was waiting at an airport and noticed the uncut cigar right away, i think they are really reaching for cigar celebs these days

[LkyLindy]

Whats phony in this picture-BAHAHAHAHA

[buttah]

Yet another example of what is so wrong with CA. First off I don't care about the celebrities life and career, its a CIGAR magazine. Lets talk about cigars, maybe? I read the Selleck interview and the only time cigars were mentioned he said he smokes one or two a week and like the Short Story. THAT WAS IT.

CA's "reviews" are about as ridiculous as they come as well. Anyone that says they can taste 96 flavors in one cigar AND one of the flavors was shitake mushrooms grown in late fall during a particularly wet season is full of s**t, IMHO.(OK that was a slight exagerration but you know what I mean)