I have been in a small shop like you mention where the smoke was lingering a foot below the ceiling. Didn't notice anything different with the cigars, but I am sure there has to be some effect. One of the large retailers "superstore" as they call it was the same way, but they had massive humidifiers and smoke eaters.
Great question. Also, I have often seen pictures of cigar factories in Nicaragua or wherever and the managers/blenders are smoking cigars as they walk around the workers or the cigars in the aging rooms, etc. I think just about every pic of AJ has him smoking as he works.
I visited a B&M in the French Quarter that didn't have a humidor just shelves and you could smoke inside. I bought a couple sticks, but didn't notice anything different with how they smoked.
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