Does length affect flavor?

[RightAJ]

Originally Posted by OLS

Since flavor in a cigar is derived much more from plain smoke's interaction with the filler
on it's way to the mouth, you BET it affects flavor. There is a flavor to burning tobacco,
of course, but again, it's the hot smoke's time spent caressing the oily, unburned leaves
in the bunch that creates a cigar's true flavor.

^^This!

The longer the stick is, the longer the smoke passes through the filler leaves, I would imagine heating the oils more/differently than a shorter smoke.

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