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Is your cigar Plugged?

Posted on 2/11/2008 at 12:52:00 PM

A plugged cigar is one that has some tobacco packed too tightly somewhere in the cigar which makes the draw too hard. The plug is there when you first light it and may tend to get worse as you smoke it.

Actually you can normally tell if it is plugged before you light it by drawing on it first. If it is plugged locate the plug by squeezing the cigar the entire length, looking for a hard spot. Once you find it, squeeze all around the spot mashing the spot around to try to loosen it. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. Be careful not to break the wrapper.

Some cigars are rolled very tight and the draw is stiff by design. Puros Indios is and example. So don’t be mashing those cigars because it won’t help. Smokers of those cigars want a stiff slow smoking draw.