Cigars can be an affordable luxury, a lifestyle, a tradition, a pastime or hobby, and even much more than that to many cigar aficionados. The history of cigars goes all the way back to Christopher Columbus and today encompasses cigar events, bars, clubs, in the media and online and so on. There is a mystique about cigars and cigar smokers, which is unique and unlike any other tobacco product. Cigars are not glamorised in the mainstream media as much as they used to be but the enjoyment of cigars is still proliferated online, and widely celebrated.