Cubatabaco, short for "Empresa Cubana del Tabaco," is the Cuban state tobacco monopoly. The company was formed in 1962 after the Cuban tobacco industry had already been nationalized by Fidel Castro's communist government. Cubatabaco would handle all production and distribution of Cuban tobacco products both locally and internationally until 1994, when the firm of Habanos SA was formed to handle exported cigars and cigarettes worldwide. Species Nicotiana acuminata Nicotiana alata Nicotiana attenuata Nicotiana benthamiana Nicotiana clevelandii Nicotiana excelsior Nicotiana forgetiana Nicotiana glauca Nicotiana glutinosa Nicotiana langsdorffii Nicotiana longiflora Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana paniculata Nicotiana plumbagifolia Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nicotiana repanda Nicotiana rustica Nicotianasuaveolens Nicotiana sylvestris Nicotiana tabacum Nicotiana tomentosa Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005... It has been suggested that coercive monopoly be merged into this article or section. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Nationalization or nationalisation is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (pron. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Four cigars of different brands (from top: H. Upmann, Montecristo, Macanudo, Romeo y Julieta) An airtight cigar storage tube and a guillotine-style cutter A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco, one end of which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into... A cigarette will burn to ash on one end. ...

See also

• Habanos SA
• List of Cuban cigar brands