Calling FOH Colombos: 1939 Advertisement.

[El Presidente]

 

I know Zig Zag paper. 

What confuses me here is if the paper they are promoting (1939) is made from Habano leaf? 

What am I missing? 

 

[Puros Y Vino]

Found the following article in Spanish.  Other references mention rice or wheat paper.

This is from a Spanish publication circa 1959 though it documents years prior as well.

[El Presidente]

Love that last photo! 

[JohnnyO]

"All of the leaf the leaf is Cuban leaf but using rolling paper as the wrapper". To me they are promoting a perfecto cigar wrapped in paper from the original image. The article mentions that the author bought a cigarette/cigar rolling machine while in France and references the history of the Spanish companies that manufactured paper for rolling your own cigarillo with short filler. The article concludes with the mention of the US companies that entered the market with their blond cigarettes. On a side note, in Spain cigarillo can be a small cigar from a Mini to a Purito. Cigarro is a more full sized cigar while in Cuba they say Puro or Tabaco and the cigarrillo would be a tabaquito. John

[Li Bai]

6 hours ago, JohnnyO said:

On a side note, in Spain cigarillo is a small cigar from a Mini to a Purito. Cigarro is a more full sized cigar

It's a bit confusing to me but I think cigarillos and cigarros are used for cigarettes in Spain and puritos for what we call cigarillos (well that's what I've heard I might be mistaken).

I've only heard "puro" or "cigarro puro" when talking about cigars. 🤔

[JohnnyO]

On 11/24/2024 at 5:40 PM, Li Bai said:

It's a bit confusing to me but I think cigarillos and cigarros are used for cigarettes in Spain and puritos for what we call cigarillos (well that's what I've heard I might be mistaken).

I've only heard "puro" or "cigarro puro" when talking about cigars. 🤔

On 11/24/2024 at 5:40 PM, Li Bai said:

It's a bit confusing to me but I think cigarillos and cigarros are used for cigarettes in Spain and puritos for what we call cigarillos (well that's what I've heard I might be mistaken).

I've only heard "puro" or "cigarro puro" when talking about cigars. 🤔

When using the word cigarro by itself you are saying it is all tobacco leaf being used (no paper). Cigarros would be plural for cigarro/cigars. Then the word cigarro is classified in two ways:

1. Cigarro de papel or cigarrillo, which is tobacco wrapped in paper, aka cigarettes
2. Cigarro puro or puro, tobacco wrapped with tobacco leaf and without paper

In Spanish speaking countries the word cigarrillos use has crossed over to the mini/purito because of its physical size.

John