Premium Cigars: Patterns of Use, Marketing, and Health Effects (2022)
Chapter: Appendix E: Cigar Brands from PATH and NSDUH Analyses
Appendix E
Cigar Brands from PATH and NSDUH Analyses
This appendix lists the brands of cigars considered by the committee to be premium for use in the commissioned Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) and National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) analyses. Three expert coders independently and manually coded brands from NSDUH and PATH data using brand and vendor websites (see Appendix C and D for more details). A cigar was defined as premium if it appeared to meet all the following criteria: (1) handmade, (2) filler at least 50 percent natural long-leaf filler tobacco, (3) wrapped in whole leaf tobacco, (4) weight of at least 6 pounds per 1,000 units, (5) no filter or tip, and (6) no characterizing flavor other than tobacco, per the committee’s definition for the purpose of this report (see Chapter 1). Disagreements among coders were discussed with an additional expert, and codes were cross-referenced with those from Corey et al. (2018), on U.S. adult cigar use by type from the PATH study. The results of this coding process were applied throughout the report. It should be noted that the coders made their assessments based on information available online only. In addition, brands often make multiple products, and the coders considered multiple products in a brands line—if any of those products did not meet the definition of premium, the brand was considered nonpremium (e.g., if some of the brands cigar products used added flavors).
PREMIUM CIGARS
5 Star
5 Vegas
Alec Bradley
Arturo Fuento
Ashton
Baccarat
Ben-Bay
Bolivar
Brickhouse
Buccanero
C.A.O.
Casablanca
Chubb
Churchill
Cohiba
CubaLibre
Cuban
Cubana
Cuesta-Rey
Davidoff
Diesel
Don Tomas
Drew Estates
Durango
El Pita
Elverso
Excalibur
Flor de Oliva
Fuente
Gurkha
H. Uppmanns
Hoya de Monterrey
Indio
Joya de Nicaragua
K. Hansotia Gurhka
Kristoff
La Corona
La Flor Dominicana
La Gloria Cubana
Los Blancos
Macanudo
Makers Mark
Man of War
Montecristo
My Father
Nat Sherman
Nub
Oliva O
Padron
Partagas
Perdomo
Professor Sila
Punch
Puros Indios
Robert Burns Black
Watch
Rocky Patels
Romeo y Julieta
Room101 305s
Royal Jamaica
San Cristo
Tatuaje
Torano
Victor Sinclair
Zeno
NONPREMIUM
1839
305’s
38 Special
Acid
Al Capone
Antonio y Cleopatra
Backwoods
Black & Mild
Blackstone
BLK
Captain Black
Cheyenne
Clipper
Criss Cross
Dark Horse100
Menthol
Deans Lil
Directors Club
Djarum
Double Diamond
Dutch Masters
El Producto
Entourage
Fronto King
Gambler
Game
Garcia y Vega
Golden Harvest
Good Times
Grenadiers
Havana Honey
Hav-A-Tampa
Isla Del Sol
Jackpot
Java
Kahula
King Edward
Little Nippers
Marsh Wheeling
Miami Suite
Middletons
Munnimaker
Muriel
Optimo
Parodi
Phillies
Pom Pom
Prime Time
Racer
Red Buck
Remington
Richwood
Santa Fe
Seneca
Show
Smokers Best
Smokers Choice
Spliterillo
Stampede
Supre Sweets
Supreme Blend
Supreme Menthol
Swisher Sweets
Tampa Nugget
Tampa Sweet
Tatiana
Tijuana Smalls
Vendetta
White Owl
Wild Horse
Winchester
Wrangler
ZigZag
UNKNOWN/INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO DETERMINE
Blunts; brand unspecified
Cigar/cigarillo; brand otherwise unspecified
Cigar Factory
Dominican; brand unspecified
Habana/Havana; brand unspecified
Helio
Homemade cigars
Honduran; brand unspecified
Hope
Imports
JR
Laquade
Local made
“Not a tobacco product”
Pipe tobacco; brand otherwise unspecified
Private stock
Quimbo
Richmond
Smoker Friendly
Thompson
Tobacco replacement or tobacco-like product
VIP cigars
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