Cuba, the world’s most famous cigar exporter, has banned public smoking.
With a convert’s zeal, Cuban leader Fidel Castro began anti-smoking campaigns after he kicked his iconic cigar habit in 1986. Now he is joining countries such as Ireland and Bhutan in restricting the habit. Public transport, shops, offices and restaurants will be largely off-limits to smokers.
Castro reportedly said of cigars in 2003 that “the best thing to do is give them to your enemy”. But cigar-factory workers often get a couple free every day, and tobacco products are subsidised in Cuba. Every adult born before 1955 can buy…
