Interesting fact: Cuban cigars are named thing like Romeo y Julieta or Monte Christo, because those were the books read aloud as those cigars were being rolled.
Today, though, the tradition only survives in Cuba,
with an estimated 250 'lectores' or cigar readers
employed at factories across the island†
250 may not sound like alot, but it's a small island, where the government oversees production - there are are only a few dozen brands of cigars. So I'm guessing, with 250 readers, most factories have one on the floor.