You are on the right track.
Cuban cigar shipments from Europe and Asia have been stopped this week—for the first time since the Cuban embargo began under JFK.
The US was 20% of the international market—even though the product is illegal in the US.
The vendors are not primarily worried about tariffs. They are concerned that customs will carefully inspect a much larger percentage of packages and will confiscate the contraband.
(I have a lifetime supply already—another “gloom and doom” theory becomes “gloom and doom” fact.)
I have a lifetime supply already
Lifetime? Are you 90 years old and don’t have long left? Or can cigars be stored FAR longer than I ever imagined?