I don't know about cigars. But as for the special tobacco for hookahs, you can use a bit of alcohol or fruit pieces to moisturize it a bit, if it has become to dried out for use.AFAIK, some cigar smokers coat cigars with alcoholic drinks, I'm not a smoker so I don't know how common this practice is. Elf probably thinks it's something like that.
A famous one being Arnold Schwarzenegger
edit: can't embed it since it's about smoking and it's age restricted
Also, I know it's there but I'm not tempting the hand of fate for tragedy!soo whens the grandma gonna die?