Even a broken clock gets the time right twice a day.
As a cigar person I am very excited. I would expect trade relations to be established with Cuban tobacco as legal as Dominican, Honduran, and Nicaraguan tobacco is today.
Cigar manufacturers have pledged that when it is legal they will create new multi-country blends—and all cigar smokers will benefit.
In addition reputable mail order houses should incorporate Cuban cigars—assuring a reliable supply. Right now thousands of Americans are wasting their money on fakes sold in Mexico and the Caribbean.
That is—if the FDA doesn’t publish some wacky new regs (which they may do this year).
There is one other factor as well—it is not in our interest to keep Cuba close to Russia. This is an opportunity to change that situation.