Cuban cigars are known for their unique flavor profile, which comes from the specific types of tobacco used in their production. These cigars often contain a blend of different tobacco leaves, including the prized Cuban-seed tobacco grown in the country's fertile soil. This combination of high-quality tobacco varieties gives Cuban cigars their distinct taste and aroma, setting them apart from other cigars on the market.
In the US a Cuban cigar is considered as contraband .
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 .
Cuban cigars are banned in the US due to the Cuban embargo placed in October 1960 .
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.
i would assume that Tony Soprano smokes Cuban cigars.
JFK was an avid smoker. In typical political hypocracy, he had one of his aides buy up hundreds of cuban cigars before he signed the cuban embargo.
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.
They sell them as rejects...but seriously, Cuban torcedores are so well trained and the tobacco selecting teams are so thorough, there are very few rejects from Cuban factories - or anywhere else, for that matter. (The "rejects" cigars you can get at your local cigar store are usually made for that purpose.)
Thompson Cigar.
The most common "penalty" for bringing Cuban cigars into the US is confiscation by US Customs. In my 12 years of being in the cigar business, I have never heard of anyone being jailed for bringing Cuban cigars into the US. I have heard of individuals being jailed and prosecuted for trafficking in Cuban cigars (bringing large quantities into the US and reselling them). Based on my experience and those of my customers, you have a 50/50 chance of having cigars confiscated by Customs when you re-enter the US.
Fidel Castro no longer smokes cigars, when he did he smoked Cohibas. The Corona Especial specifically.
Wolverine typically smokes any cheap cigars he can get a hold of, nothing fancy.