Box-pressed cigar

Cigar

A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philippines, and the Eastern...

s are usually packed in two layers in a wide flat cigar box

Cigar box

Cigar boxes are popular juggling props. Their rectangular shape resembles that of its namesake; they are sometimes padded on the ends and/or the sides with a felt-like material....

  that has an attached flip or hinge

Hinge

A hinge is a type of bearing that connects two solid objects, typically allowing only a limited angle of rotation between them. Two objects connected by an ideal hinge rotate relative to each other about a fixed axis of rotation. Hinges may be made of flexible material or of moving components...

d lid, and is usually made of paper-covered wood or cardboard (as opposed to a plain-wood cabinet

Cabinet selection

Cabinet selection is a term for cigars purchased in a large, square, plain cigar box that is called a cabinet box, a slide-lid box or SLB, or simply a cabinet). It usually has a wooden slide-lid, although occasionally hinged lids are seen...

). The sides of box-pressed cigars will be gently pressed (so the cigars become squarer) prior to packing; this is because the box is marginally narrower than it would otherwise be to hold the same number of the round cigars, which ensures they are tightly packed, and also reduces the size of the box.