The Spanish word "cigarro" is derived from it. The word cigar originally derives from the Mayan sikar ("to smoke rolled tobacco leaves"-from si'c, "tobacco"). Modern cigars can come with two or more, highlighting special qualities such as age and origin of the tobaccos used.Ĭigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities primarily in Central America and the islands of the Caribbean, including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, and Puerto Rico it is also produced in the Eastern United States, Brazil and in the Mediterranean countries of Italy, Spain (in the Canary Islands), and Greece, in Western Africa, and in Indonesia and the Philippines of Southeast Asia.Ĭigar smoking carries a variety of serious health risks, including developing cancers, and respiratory, cardiovascular, periodontal and other diseases.
Often there will be a cigar band printed with the cigar manufacturer's logo. Since the 20th century, almost all cigars are made of three distinct components: the filler, the binder leaf which holds the filler together, and a wrapper leaf, for appearance and flavor, which is often the highest quality leaf used. Only adults are able to purchase cigars since tobacco is prohibited to minors. Cigars are produced in a variety of sizes and shapes. It is a rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves made to be smoked. A cigar with an airtight storage tube and a double guillotine-style cutterĪ cigar is a tobacco product.
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