Possible Clues:

• Smoked item
• Havana retrograde in tragic drama
• 'The American soldier comes up in his automobile, smoking one (5)'
• "He smoked a big ___" (Boston)
• Churchill item
• Prop for Groucho Marx
• Pipe alternative
• Kovacs trademark
• Thick smoke? One needs light
• Leaders of Cubans initially gathering all rebels in Havana, perhaps