Whats the purpose of a cigar band?
Penetrating odors do a cigar more harm than good. It’s definitely a bad idea to light up a cigar immediately after applying after-shave or – even more extreme – after slicing an onion. This was probably the reason for the introduction of the cigar band. The band -originally blank paper- served to ensure that odors from the smoker’s fingers would not be transferred to the cigar. Later on, cigar makers came up with the brilliant idea of using this paper for advertising. And so the cigar band was born.