In the original Battlestar Galactica series, the fumarello is a fairly
large cigar. Typically
seen near or in Starbuck's mouth, much to the dismay of the Cylons, their chest armor and Starbuck's
girlfriend Cassieopia.
In the original 1978 episode "
The Man with Nine Lives" Starbuck enjoys smoking a good fumarello, which is really just a cigar.
In the 2003 re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, fumarellos are not referred to with special names, but they are noted that they are made of a
plant product called fumarella
leaf.