Yanzhou cigars have a long history and are famous for "smoking" in Lucheng. Yanzhou cigar manufacturing originated in Xuan Tong period of Qing Dynasty (1909-1911). In the early years of the Republic of China, there were more than a dozen cigar shops (that is, cigarette workshops) in the city. In the early 1930s, Sun, the teacher of the 20th Division in Yanzhou, founded a government-run cigarette factory to help poor students, and named it "Art Workshop of Poor Schools". The products are respectively "Struggle", "Mufeng" brand (100), "Nv Ying" brand (20) and "Xinglong Building" brand (50). Yanzhou tobacco industry has developed rapidly, reaching more than 40 before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Among them, "Osmanthus fragrans" and "Ronghua" cigars produced by Volkswagen Tobacco Factory are the most famous.

Why Yanzhou cigars are also called "Suoyan" is named because most of the tobacco leaves used are "Suoyan" planted in the imperial garden of this city. Suo was the slaughterhouse of Wang Lu Palace in Ming Dynasty. It has a history of 300 years. The land here is fertile, and the cultivated tobacco leaves are thick and oily. When they are ripe, fresh tobacco leaves can be picked and dried for a period of time, then burned and smoked. After a long period of drying, they look like jujube paste After burning, it is bright gray and full of fragrance. In the Qing Dynasty, they were paid tribute to the imperial court. "Osmanthus fragrans" brand cigar 1929 won the second prize of Shanghai Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Exhibition, and 1934 won the gold medal of product exhibition.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), according to the requirements of the State Council to quickly restore all kinds of historical famous brand products, Yanzhou built a state-owned cigar factory on 1958, expanded it on 1979, and produced 30,000 boxes on 1985.