| 1> | | | | have to wait a while for Cuba cigars to be legal in the |
| Among cigar smokers Cuban cigars are always | | | | US I think that once Cubans are legal there will be a |
| abuzz. However, legalized Cuban cigars aren’t | | | | huge surge of cigar smokers and cigar smoking. |
| as close as you might think. Though there are many | | | | Much like the storm of online poker websites and |
| out there that suspect the embargo could be lifted in | | | | poker players hit once Texas Hold’em became |
| 2010, you can bet that there are other things that | | | | popular the cigar world will see the biggest cigar |
| will have to happen before coveted Cubans are going | | | | boom it has ever seen if Cuban cigars are legalized in |
| to be legal in the USA. | | | | the US. |
| Since the new administration has taken over, Barack | | | | There are also other economic factors that come |
| Obama has discussed lifting the Cuban embargo and | | | | into play when you’re talking about legalizing |
| Cuban cigar lovers have salivated at the chance to | | | | the most coveted cigars on the planet. The |
| get all the Cubans they can at reasonable prices. | | | | economies of Honduras, The Dominican Republic, and |
| It’s not likely, unfortunately, that this can | | | | Nicaragua will be severely affected once legal Cuban |
| happen overnight. It is going to have to happen in | | | | cigars are available to the masses. But, as I stated |
| stages and to quote Rush Limbaugh | | | | before, these economies will eventually come back |
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you have no clue what is ahead of us | | | | to life stronger than ever once everyone realizes |
| as cigar smokers. What will happen is that the | | | | that Cuban cigars aren’t really that much |
| domestic manufacturers, defined by those who are in | | | | different than the cigars produced in the above |
| the Dominican and in Honduras, Nicaragua, Cameroon, | | | | mentioned countries. Not to mention that once |
| all of the places where elements of cigars are grown, | | | | Cuba has to produce cigars for Americans its |
| and all the places where they’re assembled, | | | | production will be so overdone that the likelihood of |
| these people have in many cases marketed the | | | | the quality control diminishing is quite strong. |
| brands of the Cuban cigars you’re talking | | | | So, if you’re crossing your fingers for 2010 to |
| about Hoyo De Monterrey, Punch, Simon Bolivar, all | | | | be the year that you’re able to get all the |
| of these great Cuban brands have been marketed | | | | Cuban cigars you want without having to sneak them |
| by other owners in the United States, and they are | | | | in — keep dreaming! We’ve got a |
| going to go to the Commerce Department, and | | | | long way before stocking up on Cubans will be legal in |
| they’re going to say we have made these | | | | the US! |
| brands popular, we have invested in the product and | | | | If you wish to use cigars as a gift we have great |
| in the brand in this country, and they’re gonna | | | | cigar gift ideas. Visit which offers the high quality |
| ask the Commerce Department to ban the import of | | | | cigars to choose from a collection of premium cigars, |
| competing brand-name cigars from Cuba. | | | | Cuban cigars, accessories and cigar samplers. |
| Though it’s likely that we’re going to | | | | |