New Market Study, "Cigars in the US", Has Been Published
Cigars has a long history in the US, with the stereotypical public image of cigars tending to be of premium handmade products, often from the Dominican Republic or Cuba (although the latter have been illegal in the US since the 1960s), smoked by powerful, wealthy and usually older men. This perception changed somewhat in the 1990s as the cigar fad attracted women and younger adults alike to try higher-quality cigars. In reality, machine-manufactured cigars and cigarillos account for the bulk...
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