Upmann label cigar, an esteemed Cuban brand.The challenge was to produce one intact ash that came as close as possible to the length of the cigar at the start of the competition.Contestants sat with heads tilted backwards to prevent the ash from crumbling onto the table -- or onto their faces.In between puffs, they held their stogies as close as possible to vertical, in a sometimes futile effort to keep them in one piece."It was exhausting," said April Angeloni, from the United States, whose impressive showing, measuring 13.9 centimeters, appeared nevertheless to have been bested by other competitors."It's much harder than it looked," said another participant, Tamara Teixo, a Spaniard who markets Cuban cigars in Russia.Chilean sommelier Sebastian Pardo said he had unlocked the secret to keeping the gray column of consumed stogie from cascading to the floor."You have to have a good pulse and smoke very slowly," he said, adding that it was a challenge because, with all the smoke in the room, "one begins to choke a little."It was the first time that the contest was held at this annual gathering of cigar aficionados and merchants from around the world, which is meeting this year for the 16th time.The competition was held at Havana's convention center, a venue usually reserved for august events involving politicians or foreign statesmen
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