Posted on 10/06/2004 1:13:23 PM PDT by martin_fierro
US tightens ban on Cuban cigars
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s administration has tightened a ban on Americans importing Cuban cigars.
"There is now an across-the-board ban on the importation of Cuban-origin cigars," said a notice released this week by the Treasury Department (news - web sites)'s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Previously, the rules allowed Americans licensed to travel to Cuba to bring back to the United States up to 100 dollars' worth of Cuban goods, including cigars.
That loophole was closed in the latest regulations.
The anti-Cuban cigar rules were already strict.
For example, Americans are barred from buying a Cuban cigar in other countries, even to smoke it outside the United States.
"The question is often asked whether United States citizens or permanent resident aliens of the United States may legally purchase Cuban goods, including tobacco and alcohol products, in a third country for personal use outside the United States," the notice said. "The answer is no."
Breaking the rules can lead to criminal penalties, including fines of up to one million dollars for corporations and 250,000 dollars for individuals and up to 10 years in prison, the department said.
Done!
Thanks, ligth em if you got em.
It isnt but this is the same man that signed the campian finance law that he said he knew was unconstitutional but he was more concerned with being a political whore then obeying his oath of office. You know that little thing where he put his hand on the BIBLE and swore to uphold and defend the constitution
you might find this interesting just when you though the usa couldnt get to be any more like east germany they come up with somthing new
I just got back from Jamaica and they are plentiful. They are a good cigar. But there aren't the only good cigar.
"For example, Americans are barred from buying a Cuban cigar in other countries, even to smoke it outside the United States."
Americans are not "barred" from any such thing. Congress can pass a law requiring me to don my underwear inside out but it is most doubtful they can bar me from doing so.
Just for the record, I bought and smoked a Cuban while in China. I wish I hadn't done so. It was not really very enjoyable and was greatly overpriced.
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