Fiennes has smoko in Cuba

Actor Joseph Fiennes has helped launch a new Cuban cigar, tossing off a few lines from Romeo and Juliet in honour of the cigar's maker.

Fiennes, the featured visitor at Cuba's annual cigar festival, is promoting a cigar size called the Short Churchill, made by the state-owned Romeo and Juliet brand.

"I've really gained a newfound respect for the kind of level of attention, detail, complexity and energy that goes into making a cigar," Fiennes said.