Bandolero Firecracker

Bandoleros is a cigar brand named for the bootleggers who would smuggle cigars in the 19th century. During this time, the Spanish crown had a monopoly on tobacco production and the making of cigars and other tobacco products. This control allowed them to charge exorbitant prices for cigars, which gave rise to bootleggers referred to as Bandoleros. These cigar bandits had cigars made in countries not under Spanish rule and would sell them at a much lower cost, which eventually undermined the monarchy’s monopoly.