AP Story: US and Cuba opening talks to normalize relationship

brianetz1

jd50ae

WOW....can't you see those old cars flooding the auctions.

Darktower007

If he lifts the embargo I'll be doing cartwheels!

Krieg

About damn time.

jgibv

Brianak

Can you imagine the flood of fakes that will hit the street.

jgibv

Brianak:

Can you imagine the flood of fakes that will hit the street.

can you imagine all the "x-acto" dissection posts we'll be seeing by DZR ???

christian1971

Cubans will hit the us market. Health insurance companies will increase smokers rates by hundreds of dollars. They will increase prices to the point where no one except millionaires can afford them. Demon tobacco. Sugar, alcohol will be next. We are all puppets. Govt doesnt give a *** about us.

brianetz1

rsherman24

I think it would be a year of craziness with everyone buying and bragging to be smoking a CC, and then they would be just another cigar to the general public. Most people on this forum would love it, but to the masses Gurkha is one of the top selling brands in the US. I would think most people would fade away from the earthy goodness of CC's back to the 6 x 60 Ligero bombs with the fancy label very quickly once the mystique wore off.

Darktower007

rsherman24:

I think it would be a year of craziness with everyone buying and bragging to be smoking a CC, and then they would be just another cigar to the general public. Most people on this forum would love it, but to the masses Gurkha is one of the top selling brands in the US. I would think most people would fade away from the earthy goodness of CC's back to the 6 x 60 Ligero bombs with the fancy label very quickly once the mystique wore off.

+1 I was smoking a diplomaticos habana last night. Half way through I grabbed a Tat.. Much better. Most cc are very mild. He'll some ligero varieties are banned in Cuba due to molding.

Amos Umwhat

christian1971:

Cubans will hit the us market. Health insurance companies will increase smokers rates by hundreds of dollars. They will increase prices to the point where no one except millionaires can afford them. Demon tobacco. Sugar, alcohol will be next. We are all puppets. Govt doesnt give a *** about us.

And US politicians will continue to give speeches about how we're bringing "Freedom" to the rest of the world. But, for now, let's just fantasize about accessibility to great cigars, before the reality hits.

webmost

Krieg:

About damn time.

+1000

Chemnitz

You guys can go ahead and be all Mr. NegativePooPoo. I'm bloody excited about this news!!!

Echambers

ddubridge

Brianak:

Can you imagine the flood of fakes that will hit the street.

Or will this part of the industry go away?

Chuck N

I see the price of Cubans sky rocketing. Its supply and demand. Cuba can only produce a certain amount and the demand will be thru the roof. I prefer Nicaraguans anyway.

ehehat

jadelt

Time out folks...... this does NOTHING to the current embargo and will not change for several years at best. No change to the current cuban imports only our exports to Cuba. Se we can send the Miami cigars !

danielzreyes

y2pascoe

Just in time for FDA regulation

jimmyv723

Poker Slob

Good news for Cuba. However,.this will not effect the way I buy cigars.

brianetz1

jadelt:

Time out folks...... this does NOTHING to the current embargo and will not change for several years at best. No change to the current cuban imports only our exports to Cuba. Se we can send the Miami cigars !

this is just the first step. Everything i am reading says that a full normalization is in the plans.

dr_frankenstein56

bluezulu

The discussion at my local B&M is that cigar prices are going to go up across the board as non-Cuban cigars have to make up for the money they will lose.

raisindot

Echambers

Echambers

phishstyx

So, how long before we can start asking about acquiring Cuban Cigars on here? I am still waiting for my first real Cuban Cigar!!!!

MorganGeo

I'm excited to see how blenders can incorporate cuban tobacco into their blends. New flavors perhaps