A type of cigar, with both ends cut, are cheaper to machine manufacture and so Stogies are often CHEAP. Also called a "Cheroot" from French: Cheroute taken from Tamil: curuttu/churuttu/shuruttu.

does NOT mean cigarette for all you idiots out there.

Mark Twain wouldn't smoke anything but. If it cost more than 5 cents a piece it must be foreign and not worth it.