HAVANA — The 67-year-old Cuban cigar roller Jose Castelar, on Tuesday set a new Guinnes Record when completing a massive cigar measuring 81.80 meters long and 4 centimeters in diameter.
The huge cigar is being exposed at the International Tourism Fair “FIT Cuba 2011″ which runs from May 3 to 7 and Castelar said his next project will be to roll a cigar measuring 100 meters.
“The next one will be 100 meters long. Cuba is the country where the best tobacco is grown, and as long as Cueto lives the longest cigar will be here too,” he said, referring to his own popular name as “el Cueto” which means someone whose achievement can not be surpassed.