Interesting cigar facts

[CaptainQuintero]

Came across this today and found it interesting especially regarding any influence the embargo being lifted may have on Cuban supplies

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[Zigatoh]

Be interesting to see how that compares to the rest of the world, I'm betting a big dip in cigar smoking along the same timelines anyway.

[orangedog]

Thanks for posting - good to see the historical market size.

[pbibby]

Be interesting to see how that compares to the rest of the world, I'm betting a big dip in cigar smoking along the same timelines anyway.

This is probably spot on. The whole health craze probably contributed to that decline more than anything.

[ToroRph]

That's a really neat find! Thanks

[Stogieninja]

Interesting!

[mk05]

If anything, this shows that NC producers have not met the discerning standards of US smokers. Alternatively, you may be able to extrapolate an inverse correlation of cigarette smoking and the effect embargo of Cuban tobacco products on cigars!

[CaptainQuintero]

To think that in the 20's more people were smoking large cigars is ridiculous.I have seen catalogs of cigar sizes from the era and a 6" cigar was a rarity,average was 5" by 40 or 42.........

Take this in context,and remember that large ring size cigars are a recent phenomenon,in the mid 90's 50 was a big ring guage.

I would like to see the data leading up to this "Chart"

I think you've gotten confused somewhere along the line. Nowhere on the chart is anything to do with size of cigar; X is year and Y is number of cigars consumed in millions.

The distinction of "large cigar" under the title is simply qualifying that the chart is measuring what we would call actual cigars not a cigarillo type cigarette hybrid such as the partagas chicos or RyJ minis nowadays. Simply take it as cigar consumption over time.

The source of the data is shown at the bottom left of the image

[alloy]

The chart does say "large cigars". What is considered a large cigar by whomever made this chart I wonder?

[pbibby]

The chart does say "large cigars". What is considered a large cigar by whomever made this chart I wonder?

My guess is that it's anything that's not a cigarillo or cigarette...

[PigFish]

If anything, this shows that NC producers have not met the discerning standards of US smokers. Alternatively, you may be able to extrapolate an inverse correlation of cigarette smoking and the effect embargo of Cuban tobacco products on cigars!

I can see where you could conclude that but if you look at a 10 year period after the embargo, it would appear that even to the 10 year point more cigars were being sold. It would appear from that portion of the chart that the loss of Cuban cigar did not affect the consumption of cigars at all. While we are all spectating, it would appear to be more of a societal change to smoking that is reflected in the chart than any other. Of course I would like to see a chart of tobacco taxes and tariffs charted along side this chart to see if there is any significance to cost. I would also like to see a chart of US inflation rates to see if there is any correlation there.

Good spotting nonetheless! Thanks for posting the chart. Cheers!

Piggy

[CaptainQuintero]

It makes me realise that I still see a petit corona as a large cigar 6 years after starting this hobby/disorder

[madandana]

This is based on per capita.So I wonder what affect the exspansion of the population has on the study.