| Among cigar smokers Cuban cigars are always | | | | import of competing brand-name cigars from |
| abuzz. However, legalized Cuban cigars aren’t as | | | | Cuba.” |
| close as you might think. Though there are many out | | | | Though it’s likely that we’re going to have to |
| there that suspect the embargo could be lifted in 2010, | | | | wait a while for Cuba cigars to be legal in the US I |
| you can bet that there are other things that will have | | | | think that once Cubans are legal there will be a huge |
| to happen before coveted Cubans are going to be | | | | surge of cigar smokers and cigar smoking. Much like |
| legal in the USA. | | | | the storm of online poker websites and poker players |
| Since the new administration has taken over, Barack | | | | hit once Texas Hold’em became popular the cigar |
| Obama has discussed lifting the Cuban embargo and | | | | world will see the biggest cigar boom it has ever seen |
| Cuban cigar lovers have salivated at the chance to | | | | if Cuban cigars are legalized in the US. |
| get all the Cubans they can at reasonable prices. | | | | There are also other economic factors that come into |
| It’s not likely, unfortunately, that this can happen | | | | play when you’re talking about legalizing the most |
| overnight. It is going to have to happen in stages and | | | | coveted cigars on the planet. The economies of |
| to quote Rush Limbaugh –“…you have no clue | | | | Honduras, The Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua will |
| what is ahead of us as cigar smokers. What will | | | | be severely affected once legal Cuban cigars are |
| happen is that the domestic manufacturers, defined by | | | | available to the masses. But, as I stated before, these |
| those who are in the Dominican and in Honduras, | | | | economies will eventually come back to life stronger |
| Nicaragua, Cameroon, all of the places where | | | | than ever once everyone realizes that Cuban cigars |
| elements of cigars are grown, and all the places | | | | aren’t really that much different than the cigars |
| where they’re assembled, these people have in | | | | produced in the above mentioned countries. Not to |
| many cases marketed the brands of the Cuban cigars | | | | mention that once Cuba has to produce cigars for |
| you’re talking about Hoyo De Monterrey, Punch, | | | | Americans its production will be so overdone that the |
| Simon Bolivar, all of these great Cuban brands have | | | | likelihood of the quality control diminishing is quite strong. |
| been marketed by other owners in the United States, | | | | So, if you’re crossing your fingers for 2010 to be |
| and they are going to go to the Commerce | | | | the year that you’re able to get all the Cuban |
| Department, and they’re going to say we have | | | | cigars you want without having to sneak them in – |
| made these brands popular, we have invested in the | | | | keep dreaming! We’ve got a long way before |
| product and in the brand in this country, and they’re | | | | stocking up on Cubans will be legal in the US! |
| gonna ask the Commerce Department to ban the | | | | |