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