Cuban cigars are not, currently, actually considered "the best".
While Cuban cigars were once considered among the best in the world, the industry was decimated during Castro's revolution.
Large sectors of the economy, including the profitable cigar manufacture sector, were nationalized (i.e., seized and taken over) by the Cuban government under Castro.
This led to two things:
1) The majority of the successful and wealthy cigar manufacturers, farmers and owners left Cuba entirely, taking their decades of experience with them.
2) The new government-run companies and farms became staffed and run by generally inexperienced newcomers.
Today, the vast majority of cigar afficionados consider Cuban cigars to be of relatively inferior quality, bolstered only by "name recognition" and the general, if incorrect, assumption that "Cubans" are the best.
The original, experienced families and farmers that made the Cuban industry famous have long since relocated to places like Honduras and the Dominican Republic, where the vast majority of the "best" cigars now originate.
Almost all major brands such as Punch, Five Vegas, Macanudo, Ashton, Arturo Fuente, Romeo y Julieta and even Cohiba (which originally was Cuban and is still sold there by the government) originate from the above countries, and not from Cuba.
The concept of a "Cuban Cigar" as being the best is an outdated, and in most cigar-fan's opinion, completely eroneous concept.
With that said, some Cuban cigars that are closely associated to the pride of the Cuban cigar industry are still top notch, i.e. R&J Churhills, Cohiba etc.
Cuban cigars were banned February 7 , 1962 .
Cuban cigars are imported into Canada , unlike the ban upon them in the US , and a quality Tobacconist or cigar shop should carry a selection of Cuban cigars .
No! It is illegal to bring Cuban cigars to the US!
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No, it is illegal to bring Cuban cigars into the United States due to trade restrictions.
No. If you attempt to bring them across the border and are caught, you could end up in a lot of trouble.
Normally this reads, "is it legal to import Cuban cigars from a retailer in Europe?" And the answer is of course no, you can't import Cuban cigars from anywhere. Dry-cured cigars are popular in Europe. These are machine-made cigars that have been dried in an oven so they don't need to be stored in a humidor. You can import all of these you want, so long as they don't contain Cuban tobacco.
No, it is illegal to bring Cuban cigars into the US due to the trade embargo with Cuba.
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I believe they are. I was one of those who believed that there were many cigars that all stood up to the scrutiny of the Cuban cigar. I am no longer of that belief. I started smoking Cuban Cigars in China and have been smoking them for almost three years now. I also still smoke Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Dominican. Though there are many good cigars out there, by and large Cuban's hold the honor (in my book) as the best Cigars in the world.