Cigar History
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Cigar History Cigar History Cigar History A ceramic pot discovered in Guatemala that dates at least as far back as the 10th century depicts a Mayan puffing on tobacco leaves bound up with string. (The Mayans may also have handed down the object's name: their term for smoking, sikar, likely led to the Spanish cigarro. Webster’s has the word cigar all the way back to 1730. October 28, 1492 Columbus witnessed Cuba’s indigenous population twisting up tobacco leaves and enjoying a smoke. The explorer brought the raw material back to Europe. 1817, the Seville, Spain monopolized stranglehold on Cuban Cigars is broken up. By the mid-19th century U.S. consumes roughly 300 million cigars. Many Cuban cigar-makers migrate to Tampa "Cigar City", Florida. King Edward VII, assuming the British throne in 1901, famously announced a break with the smoke-free policies of his mother Queen Victoria by uttering the words: "Gentlemen, you may smoke." Sigmaund Freud’s patients had to endure the acrid stench from his 20-a-day cigar habit. The introduction of machine-made cigars in 1920 caused a precipitous fall in handmade production, which by 1950 had declined from 90 percent to 2 percent. Cigar smoking in the U.S. saw another major change in early 1962 when President John F. Kennedy imposed the embargo on Cuba. Before Kennedy signed the order on February 7, however, he ordered his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, on a treasure hunt around Washington D.C. for every H. Upmann petit corona he could find. After Salinger rounded up 1,200 of them Kennedy put the embargo into effect. The average price for a box of pre-embargo Cuban cigars sold at Christie’s soared from less than $500 in 1992 to nearly $2,500 in mid-1996 The mid-1990s saw a resurgence in cigars, which in turn led to a collection of high- end cigar magazines hitting newsstands. Wall Street took an interest in cigars, and six cigar companies went public in 1996. By 1997, over 400 million premium cigars were being imported into the United States. Imports dipped as the market struggled to absorb all the cigars that had been made in the dizzying, final days of the cigar boom, falling to 248.3 million cigars in 1999. As the market flooded with inferior product, sales figures for premium cigars went flat after 1998. 2007 imports had climbed again to nearly 300 million premium cigars. Avg price for a premium cigar in 1990 was $1.75. Avg price for a premium cigar in 1996 was $3.23. Today, cigar prices are in the $5 to $7 range. Sources: www.altadisusa.com www..time.com The Flexible Packaging Experts 1990 1996 Today $1.75 $3.23 $5-$7
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A ceramic pot discovered in Guatemala that dates at least as far back as the 10th century depicts a
Mayan pu�ng on tobacco leaves bound up with string. (The Mayans may
also have handed down the object's name: their term for smoking, sikar, likely led to the Spanish cigarro. Webster’s has the word cigar all the way back to 1730.
October 28, 1492 Columbus witnessed Cuba’s indigenous
population twisting up tobacco
leaves and enjoying a smoke. The explorer brought the raw material back to Europe.
1817, the Seville, Spain monopolized stranglehold on Cuban Cigars is broken up.
By the mid-19th century U.S. consumes roughly 300 million cigars. Many Cuban cigar-makers
migrate to Tampa "Cigar City", Florida.
King Edward VII, assuming the British throne in 1901, famously announced a break with the smoke-free policies of his mother Queen Victoria by uttering the words:
"Gentlemen, you may smoke."
Sigmaund Freud’s patients had to endure the acrid stench from his
20-a-day cigar habit.
The introduction of machine-made cigars in 1920 caused a precipitous fall in handmade production, which by 1950 had declined from 90 percent to 2 percent.
Cigar smoking in the U.S. saw another major change in early 1962 when President John F. Kennedy imposed the embargo on Cuba.
Before Kennedy signed the order on February 7, however, he ordered his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, on a treasure hunt around Washington D.C. for every H. Upmann petit corona he could �nd. After Salinger rounded up 1,200 of them Kennedy put the embargo into e�ect.
The average price for a box of pre-embargo Cuban cigars sold at Christie’s soared from less than $500 in 1992 to nearly $2,500 in mid-1996
The mid-1990s saw a resurgence in cigars, which in turn led to a collection of high- end cigar magazines hitting newsstands.
Wall Street took an interest in cigars, and six cigar companies went public in 1996.
By 1997, over 400 million premium cigars were being imported into the United States.
Imports dipped as the market struggled to absorb all the cigars that had been made in the dizzying, �nal days of the cigar boom, falling to 248.3 million cigars in 1999.
As the market �ooded with inferior product, sales �gures for premium cigars went �at after 1998.
2007 imports had climbed again to nearly 300 million premium cigars.
Avg price for a premium cigar in 1990 was $1.75.
Avg price for a premium cigar in 1996 was $3.23.
Today, cigar prices are in the $5 to $7 range.
endure the acrid stench from his
Sources:www.altadisusa.comwww..time.com
The Flexible Packaging Experts
1990 1996 Today
$1.75
$3.23
$5-$7
