....and the Cigar Afficianado #1 for 2012 is...

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Originally Posted by replicant_argent

Follow the ad money.

I dunno, I see CA advertise plenty of smokes that never make the top 25.. And I see plenty of cigars that never get any advertising that reach the top 25.. Don't get me wrong, there can be influence at times -- but I always see Habanos S.A. cigars in the top 10 and Davidoff sure as heck pays for a lot more advertising than Habanos S.A., and Davidoff got in the top 10 once.. #9 in 2004.