Cuban cigarillo factory overwhelmed by burning demand overseas

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba's sole producer of cigarillos cannot keep up with exploding demand abroad for the smaller, cheaper, machine-rolled version of the island nation's much more famous hand-crafted cigars. Working at full capacity, the Internacional Cubana de Tabacos S.A. (ICT) factory produces 800,000 cigarillos a day. It is not enough. Exports have increased tenfold in two decades -- and that's despite stricter smoking laws worldwide, and not being able to sell into the US market due to its...