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Cigar tube and cutter
A cigar with a storage tube and a cigar cutter.

A cigar is a form in which tobacco is smoked. It is usually larger than a cigarette. Cigars are made of different types of tobacco which are cured in many different way to produce unique flavors and fragrances. Most quality cigars are rolled using a tobacco leaf, though more and more cigars have been rolled using different types of paper to replace the tobacco leaf. This results in a cleaner looking cigar. Commercially produced cigars are rolled and packed using machinery, and quality control and smokeability cannot be truly verified. Hand rolled cigars prove to still be the best option, but are more costly. Cuba is known worldwide for their cigars. Many other countries also produce cigars, most notably in the Central America and Caribbean island areas.

Images for kids

  • Harrynelsonpillsbury

    Harry Nelson Pillsbury smoking a cigar

  • MuseoRegionalTuxtla 27

    Indigenous tobacco pipe on display at the regional museum in San Andrés Tuxtla

  • Ybor Cigar workers

    Inside an Ybor City cigar factory c. 1920

  • Cigar making display, Ybor City Museum State Park, Tampa, Florida

    Hand rolling cigars and relevant artifacts, Ybor City Museum State Park display, Tampa, Florida

  • Cohiba sigaro

    An aged tobacco leaf being examined

  • CigarMakersPR

    Cigar makers in Puerto Rico, c. 1942

  • CigarEyipantla 05

    Vendor rolling cigars at the Eyipantla Falls in San Andrés Tuxtla, Mexico

  • Four cigars

    Cigars (top to bottom) by H. Upmann, Montecristo, Macanudo, Romeo y Julieta

  • MuseoRegionalTuxtla 20

    Cigar cases from the Te Amo and Sihuapan manufacturers in Mexico

  • Cigar Boxes

    Arturo Fuente cigar boxes at 2005 Tampa Cigar Heritage Festival. The Montesino cigars are also produced by Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia.

  • Cigar Wrapper Color Chart

    Darker wrappers reflect tobacco type, age, and greater fermentation

  • Long-Filler

    Long-leaf filler as used in a hand-rolled cigar (slightly crumbled during cutting)

  • Short filler cigar Balmoral sumatra

    Short or chopped filler

  • Largest cigar

    World's largest cigar at the Tobacco and Matchstick Museum in Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Cigarritos cohiba mini

    Cohiba Mini and Dannemann Moods cigarillos

  • H.Upmann Coronas Major

    A double guillotine-style cutter, used for cutting the tip of a cigar, next a hand-rolled H. Upmann Coronas Major cigar. The "Made in Cuba" label (see Cuban cigar) is visible on the lower tube

  • The tobacco beetle (Page 3) BHL41830187

    Illustration with photographs of tobacco leaves infested by Lasioderma serricorne (tobacco beetles), from Runner, G. A., The tobacco beetle (1919), Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Biodiversity Heritage Library

  • Croccigarcase

    A cigar case made of crocodile skin with sterling silver appointments bearing a Birmingham hallmark for 1904

  • Cigar Holder

    A cigar holder stood on end

  • Amsterdam (4094606815)

    Display of various cigar cases with prices in a cigar store in Amsterdam, Netherlands

See also

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