They dumped their cigars at 10 cents on the dollar and so there are a lot of bad cigars on the market. If people buy a cigar, they buy a good cigar. Mangis does agree that cigar smoking remains essentially male. Women favor the shorter, slimmer cigars. While it's rare to see a woman smoke a cigar in the street, cigar vendors say it's increasingly common to see them smoke cigars on the golf course.
Men also smoke cigars on the golf course but also indulge when they go camping, hunting and fishing.
While Ryan's Ray says her customers gripe and continue buy their old brands anyway, Carmen Marino, sales manager for Antonucci, Fantozzi, reports increased interest in cigarette smokers rolling their own. And if you can't quit, you'll roll your own. All rights reserved.