Should you keep the cigars in the cellophane that they come in when placing the cigars in humidors? Since cigars are a 100% natural product, they are placed in cellophane tubes by the makers to prevent the elements from damaging the cigar during shipping. Once you have them properly stored in your cigar humidor, the cigars will age better without the cellophane. Recommended is that you remove the cellophane from a few cigars and keep the others in them. As you smoke the ones without the cellophane, remove the cellophane from the others. This way you can keep the cigars from getting damaged. If you are giving them as gifts, then make sure that you keep the cellophane on them as that will help preserve them better.