Met Scott Pearce IPCPR Exec. Director

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Originally Posted by TommyBB

As you well know, in the past, before Altadis took over, especially, the Cubans had a hard time growing enough tobacco to meet demand.

I would purely love to see and try what Ernest Carrillo, Abe Flores, Don Pepin, A.J. Fernandez, Nick Perdomo, the Quesadas, Nestor Plasencia, Justo Eiroa, Christian Eiroa, and so many more, could blend with Cuban tobacco.

1 question: If Cuba has trouble meeting demand, why would they ever let any of it out to anyone else? Any tobacco they sell to others will most likely be rejected and inferior to Cuban uses for cigars.

And: All of these non-Cuban cigar makers are always saying how equal or better their cigars are to Cubans. If so, why would they ever want to even hint at a contradiction to that by using Cuban tobacco? Coke doesn't buy Pepsi to mix in so they can offer the consumer something new and try to claim even more market share. Those above should be proud of what they have done without Cuban leaf.