How do you deal with a plugged cigar?

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Originally Posted by Catdeddy

Smaller ring gauge cigars seem plugged many times because they do not smoke like larger cigars. You have to be patient--slow, gentle draws.

And some that are over-humidified can seem plugged, also. Cutting in advance of smoking (days in advance, as advised above) helps the cigar to dry out a little. Many claim a drier cigar (kept at 61%-63% humidity, instead of the usual rule-of-thumb 70%) smokes better and has a better flavor. (Flavors of overly humidified cigars can be muted, greatly so in some cases.)

Good luck.

I've the smaller ring sizes tend to be plugged more often than the larger ring sizes, as well. That is the main reason I tend to smoke the larger ring size cigars.