Gilberto told me to

[King Catfish]

Removed the cellophane from all my loose cigars last night. Of course I didn't open those still in the box. I wouldn't risk screwing them all up. And, I didn't segragate them by wrapper. If the flavors mingle a little, so what.

Do you save a couple of the cellophane tubes, in case you want to take a couple of sticks with you when driving somewhere?

Well I never remove the cellophane. There is no marked advantage to doing so, but the disadvantage is that it does provide the cigar with some degree of protection. When you get lots of sticks in your humidor, they get jostled around and sensitive wrappers can get dings and tears in them. So just my two cents, that's why I never remove the cellophane (until I smoke it, that is, naturally).

Being less than an expert, when I heard this point of view I decided to leave the cello on.