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Posted on 01/20/2009 8:50:12 AM PST by martin_fierro
How many counterfeit cigars find their way into the humidors of unwitting smokers each year? It's impossible to say for sure, but many experts put the number at more than three million -- in the United States alone. The streets of Havana teem with black-market smokes, most of them counterfeit, and even European markets are reporting an influx of fakes.
To help you spot a counterfeit, we introduce Cigar Aficionado Online's Counterfeit Gallery.
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I’m unlikely to ever smoke a cigar but I have to admit the article’s fascinating.
Interesting that the author implies that fake cubans are sold in Cuba itself as well as everywhere else. I guess most turistas would assume that wouldn’t be the case.
It looks like the top-tier cigar manufacturers go to almost the lengths of makers of banknotes and checks to make their cigar bands hard to counterfeit.
I imagine the profit margin varies according to how much effort the counterfeiter is willing to make the fakes look good. I just wonder as to the tobacco used in counterfeits; but I guess if you actually smoke one, you’ve already had to buy the box.
I’ve always wondered about the last 3 Cohibas I smoked - bought them from 3 different places and all of them burned poorly and were difficult to smoke.
We can buy Cuban cigars here in NZ and they are marvellous! But at in excess of $50 per, I would be really, really annoyed if they turned out to be fake!
You probably had real ones. The Communists can screw anything up. My preference is for Bolivars, and I have to smoke five to have one that is really good.
ML/NJ
Attn: Fintan
Thought you may be interested.
I personally refuse to smoke “slave sticks”.
Castro and his buddies can kiss my ass.
I have had plenty of smokes from nations where the growers and rollers were not toiling under the barrel of an AK-47.
One of the best smokes I EVER had was rolled by a little cutie in Mexico, when I stayed at a resort near Cancun, the Maroma Resort.
Beautiful place, beautiful people, excellent service and great cigars!
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