Machine Made Cigar Sales Holding Strong

(csdecisions.com) Machine-made or mass-market cigars are by far the largest segment of the cigar universe. While premium cigars get most of the notice in magazines and blogs, the reality is that most cigar smokers prefer the cost-effective machine-made cigars by about 95%.
More importantly, cigar sales numbers are strong with about 13 billion cigars sold last year—including almost 12 billion large cigars and just under a billion little cigars. However, the number of cigars sold pales in comparison to cigarettes sales, which topped 315 billion for the same period. Continued

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