The chronicle of Eger Tobacco Factory
The chosen company
The machinery within the cigar branch was reduced in this period, and the inevitable decline in cigar production started. 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Separate data for the 1991 losses was not prepared. It is worth considering just what were the reasons for the closure of Hungarian cigar production. One thing for certain is that during this time there were cutbacks in the mining industry. Miners represented the main consumers of cheap cigars - that is, smoking was forbidden in mines, and a good strong Csongor provided the best balm for those suffering from a lack of nicotine after a long working day. The other reason must be looked for in the economic factors behind cigar production. Cigar production was labour intensive, and required large areas and high energy demands. West German wage labour introduced in 1990 didn’t bring a profit either.
