About 4 percent of all cigars are premiums - handmade cigars that contain long filler tobacco and cost $1 to $12 each.

We make all kinds of handmade cigars: any size, any shape, any type of tobacco, however the customer wants them.

One of Cranston's hobbies seemed to be watching the manufacture of handmade cigars, for he often stayed in that shop a long while.

The company started as a small family owned manufacturer of handmade cigars.

Experts attribute most of the increase to the sales of expensive handmade cigars that are unaffordable for most young people.

For an interval Stark said nothing; he smoked his Philippine handmade cigar and regarded her sombrely.

Nat Sherman is the brand name for a line of handmade cigars and "luxury cigarettes."

This alters the burning characteristics of the cigar, causing handmade cigars to be sought-after.

They continued until about 1930, when cigars made by machines gradually displaced the handmade cigar.

The company continues to manufacture its products today from its headquarters in Estelí, today a major manufacturing center of handmade cigars with exports made worldwide.