Honduras shuts down cigar production as other cigar-producing countries take precautions

(Cigar Aficionado) With six confirmed cases of the Coronavirus, Honduras isn’t taking any chances. Yesterday, it imposed a seven-day shutdown on nonessential business, and that includes cigar factories. The shutdown means a halt to production for the third-leading exporter of premium cigars to the United States, a nation that ships 60 to 70 million handmade cigars a year to the U.S. Continued