Can You Imagine If Cuba Was Capitalist?

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Originally Posted by Catdeddy

I believe any quality Cuban tobacco will stay in the puros. Any tobacco sold for export will be of a quality fit only for snuff or cigarettes, and barely that. NonCuban cigar makers have developed such quality cigars, and they have invested so much time, money, and effort claiming their cigars are as good as Cubans that it would be stupid to go back on all that effort and progress by adding Cuban tobacco to existing blends (not likely) or making new blends with it. Again, not that there would be any quality Cuban tobacco to add.

They would have to produce a lot more leaf. They used to basically provide most of the cigar leaf for the world. I don't smoke them often but it's been years since I've had a Cuban that compared to stuff I smoked over a decade ago.