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Workers at the Partagas cigar factory produce more than one hundred million cigars in a year--over 32,000 a day. Many smoke as they work.  Cuban cigars are coveted throughout the world because of their superior quality of tobacco. Each roller makes at least 105 cigars a day--they are paid more if they make more. They listen to a lector read a book to the workers to alleviate boredom.