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like so many other businesses, has been completely transformed over the past two years—it’s also facing nearly unprecedented demand. At the beginning of 2020, tobacco stores and cigar lounges were forced to shutter nationwide, yet for many cigar enthusiasts that actually meant more opportunities to enjoy a smoke than ever before.
“When it comes to premium cigars, we saw a 25 percent increase in 2021 sales,” says David M. Ozgo, president of theIn that year, he says, “we imported 400 million cigars for the first time since 1997.” While Ozgo admits “it isn’t clear that there’s been an increase in the number of new cigar smokers,” he seems confident that all the extra downtime played a significant role.
Yet the current rise in cigar consumption is not without its complications, with fewer workers in some factories due to the pandemic, which in turn has affected production. “Let’s not forget that premium cigars are hand-rolled,” Ozgo says. “That human element makes cigars special, but it also acts as a constraint. There’s a limit to the number of cigars anyone can produce in a day.”
Such unexpected demand has also created a shortage of certain tobaccos, such as high-grade Pennsylvania broadleaf wrapper and long-leaf fillers from Mexico and some Central American countries. This is more of a concern for boutique cigar manufacturers, which often outsource their tobaccos, than for major companies such as
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