I have just complained about this article
AIBU?
For those interested, my complaint was the following:
The article "A Cuban Cigar for Women" serves to glorify smoking in the worst way, by making disturbing links to female emancipation. "Julieta says goodbye to Romeo" indeed!
"But is cigar-smoking destined to remain a man's world?"
"Are women ready for it?"
"Ms Heller says there is a significant number of women who enjoy the taste, aroma and cachet of premium cigars. "
The health risks are mentioned in an easily missed aside to the article, not as part of the main text. In an article such as this, I would expect health risks to be highlighted in the first paragraph! At the very least something along the lines of "The severe risks to health that smoking poses are now well established... nevertheless, in Cuba..."
The BBC is doing an extreme disservice to everyone reading the article, female and male, by portraying smoking of any kind as being at all aspirational.
I am very disappointed indeed. I request that you edit the article to reflect a more balanced view.