Cuban Cigar Prices Soar
Cigar Aficionado|September - October 2022
Cuban cigars—particularly Cohibas and Trinidads—are suddenly more expensive, with some prices approaching $100 or more
GREGORY MOTTOLA
Cuban Cigar Prices Soar

Bombshell news doesn’t often drop on the world of premium cigars, but when Habanos S.A. announced a major price hike this spring the worldwide network of Cuban cigar smokers, retailers and distributors was truly shaken. Many had heard rumors and hoped that they were nothing more than exaggerations, but now it’s official, and Cuban cigar prices are higher worldwide, particularly on the Cohiba and Trinidad brands. In many markets, there was an instant doubling of prices for both brands. In some cases, prices have more than tripled.

Habanos cited supply and demand as one of the reasons for such an unprecedented increase, but the primary message was clear: Cohiba and Trinidad are luxury products that represent the very pinnacle of cigarmaking and should be universally treated as such, and that includes the price tag.

In the United Kingdom, already a pricey region in which to buy cigars, the hikes ranged from modest to extreme. A Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2, for example, rose from £25 ($30) per cigar to £27 ($32), an increase of 8 percent, as did the Partagás Serie D No. 4s. Cohiba Lanceros, however, soared 63.3% to £68 ($80) and a Cohiba Esplendido rose 36.6 percent to £82 ($97). Trinidad prices rose at even greater levels, with an 80 percent increase on the Reyes size, to £27 ($32).

This story is from the September - October 2022 edition of Cigar Aficionado.

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