# Question for fine cigar smokers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fine-cigar-smokers/337215>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fine-cigar-smokers/337215 "2005-12-26T03:42:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fine-cigar-smokers/337215/1 "2005-12-26T03:42:05Z")

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I’ve let half a box of very good quality smokes dry out completely. Is there any hope in bringing them back to full body flavor by re-humidifying them or is thier life over?

Second part, if they CAN be brought back… what is the best way if I dont have a humidor or anyway to precisly control humidity?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fine-cigar-smokers/337215/2 "2005-12-26T04:46:27Z")

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The short answer is no.

If that didn’t deter you, you can attempt to make them smoke-able again by **very slowly** re-humidifying them. That is to say put them in a sealed container with a humidity gauge and a chunk of florist wet Oasis foam that is only very slightly moistened with water. Initially only increase the relative humidity by about 5%. Then increase it very slowly over a week or so until you reach the optimal 65%-70%.

But the real answer is no. Many of the oils and micro-biological processes that are desirable are lost when cigars dry out.