Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco

In 2022, Mexico suffered its largest inflationary impact in the past two decades. Nonetheless, cigars, cigarillos, and smoking tobacco demonstrated a certain level of resilience, driven mainly by cigars, which holds the largest value share in the…

The year 2020 saw a poor performance for cigars, marked by a rapid and significant increase in the dollar exchange rate. In addition, the limited opportunities for socialising due to the pandemic resulted in fewer occasions for smoking cigars.…

Fine cut tobacco continued to account for considerable value sales in 2022, and unlike cigarettes, registered a healthy volume increase. Part of the reason for the growth was with inflation on the rise, consumers opted to roll their own cigarettes…

With society completely opened up in 2022, as fears about the pandemic eased significantly, cigars, cigarillos and fine cut tobacco all registered very high-volume growth, and in particular cigarillos. With people socialising again and having events…

La Aurora SA maintained its very strong position in cigars, cigarillos and smoking tobacco in 2022 as the company’s wide portfolio of cigars ensured another consecutive year of category leadership for the local player. La Aurora continues to benefit…

Although the category has seen a substantial recovery since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, cigars are purchased by relatively few Guatemalans. The majority of cigars are imported which limits supply and distribution in the country. At the same…

The sale of cigars and cigarillos is very limited in Ecuador, with a large proportion of products purchased by foreign visitors. Locally produced cigar brands are frequently purchased at airport gift shops and account for the majority of revenues.…

In 2022, the return of foreign tourists supported a recovery in cigars and cigarillos, although retail volume and current value sales remained well below pre-pandemic levels. North American tourists are a key consumer base for cigars and cigarillos…

The smoking of cigars in Colombia is not an entrenched tradition, but despite this the category did see positive growth in value and volume terms during 2022, continuing the pattern seen in 2021. With COVID-19 restrictions being lifted there was an…

Like cigars, cigarillos is a niche category in Chile. These are considered speciality products, available only to a small segment of the population, despite the high smoking prevalence in Chile. As such, until 2021, sales of cigarillos were below a…

In recent years, there has been a growing supply of cigars, cigarettes and pipe tobacco entering illegally from Argentina and Peru. This is mainly because neighbouring countries have experienced significant currency devaluation in recent years, while…

Cigars and cigarillos sales recovered in retail volume terms in 2022, following a double-digit decrease during and after the COVID-19 crisis. Both imported cigars and cigarillos rebounded, driven by premium cigars, as well as the expansion of a wide…