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A cigar consists of three kinds of tobacco leaves, the outer wrapper leaf, the binder leaf, and the filler leaves (which can be long, short or mixed).

Cigar Tobacco Leaves
2006 © Gary Manelski licensed to About.com, Inc.

The tobacco illustrated above was obtained by unraveling a Mr. B Lonsdale Cigar with a Maduro wrapper and mixed filler (both long and short filler tobacco).

View our step-by-step guide where we unravel a more expensive premium cigar.

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