From the reading Ive been doing on here I figured 12 hours wasnt long. They definatly wernt like that when I bought them. I slowly and lightly squeeze and roll every cigar between my fingers to check for that. They were a few diffrent brands Rocky Patel, La Gloria Cubana, CAO and a few others. The RH wasnt high either. Its about 50-55% I would say.

Forgot to add that as I smoked the cigars that this had happened to, the more I smoked them the looser they got untill the were just right.