††††A cigar is a compact roll of dried tobacco leaves. The cigar was originally a sheath of palm leaves filled with tobacco, smoked by the Indians of Central America. Cigar smoking was introduced into Spain at the end of the 15th century. It soon spread all over Europe, but from about 1890 cigar smoking was gradually replaced by cigarette smoking. Cigars are still preferred by a minority of people and are particularly associated with special occasions.
