A: Good question. After all, not everyone speaks Spanish – yet. ;-) Translated, “y Cia” simply means, “and Company.” So, for example, “Cifuentes y Cia” is “Cifuentes and Company,” which can be found on the bands of all Partagas cigars.
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Gary Korb has been writing and editing content for CigarAdvisor.com since its debut in 2008. An avid cigar smoker for over 30 years, he has worked on the marketing side of the premium cigar business as a Sr. Copywriter, blogger, and Executive Editor of Cigar Advisor. A graduate of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, prior to his career in the cigar business, Gary worked in the music and video industry as a marketer and a publicist.
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