It's a precautionary measure, freezing them kills any tobacco beetles that may be in the sticksBro why do you freeze your cigars?Whenever I get a box, I take one or two out and put them in a tuppadore to be smoked in a couple of weeks. The rest gets frozen, and goes in the cooler and will be revisited in about a month- two months.
I also use the same tuppadore as an "on deck circle" for my freezer.