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{{Short description|A short, narrow cigar}}
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[[Image:Café Crème Cigarillos.jpg|thumb|[[Café Crème]], sold in 115 countries, is the best-selling cigarillo brand in the United Kingdom and France.<ref name="grocerytrader.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=http://grocerytrader.co.uk/?p=13528|title = Scandinavian Tobacco – leading the UK cigar market &#124; Grocery Trader|date = 8 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euromonitor.com/cigars-in-the-united-kingdom/report|title=Cigars in the United Kingdom|access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euromonitor.com/cigars-in-france/report|title=Cigars in France|access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref>]]
A '''cigarillo''' (from [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''cigarrillo'', meaning "cigarette", in turn from ''cigarro'' ("cigar") + ''-illo'' (diminutive suffix), pronounced {{IPA-es|siɣaˈriʝo|}} in parts of Latin America or {{IPA-es|θiɣaˈriʎo|}} in Spain) is a short, narrow [[cigar]]. Unlike [[cigarettes]], cigarillos are wrapped in [[tobacco]] leaves or brown, tobacco-based paper. Cigarillos are smaller than regular cigars but usually larger than cigarettes.  Cigarillos are usually made without [[cigarette filter|filters]], and are meant to be smoked like a cigar and not inhaled (except those made in this form only for specific tax issues).

Generally, a cigarillo contains about three grams of tobacco; the length varies from {{convert|7|to(-)|10|cm|in|0|spell=in}} and the diameter is about 6&ndash;9&nbsp;mm, usually 8&nbsp;mm. Comparatively, a cigarette contains less than one gram of tobacco<ref name="cancer.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cigars|title=Cigar Smoking and Cancer|work=National Cancer Institute|date=18 August 2005|access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref> and is about {{convert|8|cm|in|frac=2|spell=in}} in length and 8&nbsp;mm in diameter.

Most cigarillos are machine-made, which is cheaper than hand-rolling. It is unusual to store them in [[humidor]]s,
partly because they are smoked in large quantities and so have a short shelf-life.

Cheap cigarillos are typically marketed as a brand rather than with the term ''cigarillo''.{{cn|date=December 2018}}
In the United Kingdom common consumer brands<ref name="grocerytrader.co.uk"/> include Henri Wintermans Signature (formerly Café Creme) and [[Hamlet (cigar)|Hamlets]] and in the rest of Europe [[Dannemann]] Moods, Candlelight, Agio Panters and Mehari's, Clubmaster and Handelsgold are popular.
In the United States they include Al Capone, [[Black & Mild]], [[Backwoods Smokes|Backwoods]], [[Dutch Masters (cigar)|Dutch Masters]], [[Swedish Match|Garcia Y Vega]], [[Swedish Match|Game]], Splitarillos,  Good Times, [[Swisher Sweets]], and [[Phillies (cigar)|Phillies]]. Some famous cigar brands, such as [[Cohiba (cigar brand)|Cohiba]] or [[Davidoff]], also make cigarillos - Cohiba Mini and Davidoff Club Cigarillos.

In Spanish-speaking countries, as well as in the Philippines, ''cigarrillo'' means a [[cigarette]].  Anglo-Americans were first introduced to 'cigarrillo's' on a massive scale, during their conquest of [[New Mexico]] and [[California]] during the [[American-Mexican War]] 1846-1848.  As it was observed that, "Both sexes smoke ''cigarrillos'' almost incessantly."<ref>Johnston; Edwards; Ferguson. ''Marching With The Army Of The West 1846-1848'' p. 164</ref>

==Taxation==
[[File:Cigarritos cohiba mini.jpg|thumb|Two cigarillos - Cohiba Mini and Dannemann Moods, the latter being the best-selling brand in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euromonitor.com/cigars-in-germany/report|title=Cigars in Germany|access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref>]]
In the United States, cigarillos (and cigars) were taxed at a lower rate than cigarettes.  In February 2009 an increase from 5 cents to 40 cents per pack as part of the [[SCHIP#2009 reauthorization|SCHIP expansion bill]] set a tax rate similar to that for cigarettes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/021009/page2 |title=Health Groups Hail Increase in Federal Tobacco Taxes |publisher=National Cancer Institute |date=2009-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217235457/http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/021009/page2 |archive-date=2009-02-17 }}</ref>

==Health concerns==
Like other tobacco products, cigarillos are a [[Health effects of tobacco smoking|health risk]] to those who smoke them.<ref name="cancer.gov"/> In Brazil, Uruguay, Canada, Australia, India, and throughout Europe they are subject to the same laws which require manufacturers to place a health warning on a portion of each package.

Like [[cigar]]s, cigarillos are not meant to be inhaled. As a result of this, it is often assumed that cigarillos are a healthier alternative to cigarettes, but health authorities around the world still warn smokers of the risk they pose due to smoke being in the mouth.

== See also ==
* [[Beedi]]
* [[Cigar]]
* [[Cigarette]]
* [[Cheroot]]
* [[Blunt (cigar)]]
* [[Health effects of tobacco]]
* [[Smoking culture]]
* [[Swisher Sweets]]

== References==
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*Johnston, Abraham, Robinson; Edwards, Marcellus, Ball; Ferguson, Philip, Gooch. (1936) ''Marching with the [[Army of the West (1846)|Army of the West]] 1846-1848.'' Edited by Ralph P. Bieber. The [[Arthur H. Clark Company]], Glendale, California.
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