How can I get Cuban cigars?!
Here's a piece of advice, though: they're not worth it.
Cuban's are good cigars, but they're not really any better than a good Dominican, Honduran, etc. My favorite is a Nicaraguan double Maduro Robusto. I got a couple of Cubans while I was in Ecuador, and they just couldn't live up. Try out some different brands here and you're sure to find something that you'll enjoy.
Think of it this way: if we stopped allowing French wine or German beer into America, would that mean that all good beer or wine was unavailable? Nope. Maybe some of the best would be gone, but there are a lot of great wines from Australia and America (and many other places) and Mexican and American beer can be great!
Don't waste the money and time it would take to get real Cubans.
Answers: You've gotta leave the country to find them legally, and then you can't bring them back.
Here's a piece of advice, though: they're not worth it.
Cuban's are good cigars, but they're not really any better than a good Dominican, Honduran, etc. My favorite is a Nicaraguan double Maduro Robusto. I got a couple of Cubans while I was in Ecuador, and they just couldn't live up. Try out some different brands here and you're sure to find something that you'll enjoy.
Think of it this way: if we stopped allowing French wine or German beer into America, would that mean that all good beer or wine was unavailable? Nope. Maybe some of the best would be gone, but there are a lot of great wines from Australia and America (and many other places) and Mexican and American beer can be great!
Don't waste the money and time it would take to get real Cubans.
You can get them in Canada. Just don't bring them across the border.
In the US, they are very hard and rare to find. Most Cuban cigars that you find in the US are pre-embargo and will cost you a mint. You can find them in Canada, but don't get caught bringing them over the border. They will take them away and fine you. Bast thing is look for a good Dominican brand (some of the Cuban companies opened places in Dominican Republic to import into the US and also sent over trained rollers).
Also look for Honduran or Nicaraguan cigars. They sometimes rival Cuban.
If you are a US citizen, they can not be imported to the USA. However there are cigar makers in Miami and Tampa, hand rolled that are wonderful and are as close as you are going to get.
We saw them in the Bahamas.
You cannot find cuban cigars in the US since it's illegal to import them. But some cigar stores have a cuban guy on premises who makes them as you watch. This may be the closest thing to a a cuban cigar you can get.
It really depends on where you live. In Canada you can get them but not everywhere. If you live in the United States I believe that there are Canadian suppliers who can send them to you. Private citizens cannot. Some years ago a friend in Los Angeles asked me to obtain a box of very good (and very expensive Cuban cigars for his boss) cigars. There was a store on Cumberland Street, near Yonge & Bloor sts in Toronto that had a smoking lounge upstairs who was able to provide this service and it was expensive as there was duty to be paid and customs clearance to obtain as it was delivered expressly, I'm told. From that point on the fine cigar, tobacco & pipe shop proprietors took care of this directly with my friend. I didn't get any further involved and when I last visited LA it seems everything went very smoothly. That's all I know.
1. Buy them in Canada or Mexico.
2. Be a US diplomat, they smoke them all the time.
3. Go and live in Cuba, Canada, Mexico or any other country outside the US.