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Cigar Adviser
The Editors
From the Print Edition:
Ernest Hemingway, Jul/Aug 99
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Generally, the digital devices are far more accurate than the analogs, with readings within a few percentage points of the correct humidity. I use them in our humidors here in Cigar Aficionado's offices. Not only are they more accurate, but they are fairly consistent unit to unit. That said, we never rely on their readings alone. You need to familiarize yourself with how a properly humidified cigar feels. That way, if your gauge fluctuates, or even fails, you can judge the proper condition of your cigars by picking one up and rolling it between your fingers.
Q: I understand that it illegal for U.S. citizens to purchase Cuban cigars. Can you explain to an Australian how it is possible then that Cigar Aficionado carries Cuban cigar advertising, and celebrities in your profiles are smoking Cuban cigars?
Brian Webb
Margaret River, Western Australia
In regard to the advertising, you are mistaken. We cannot and do not accept advertising from Habanos S.A., the Cuban tobacco monopoly, or any other Cuban company. The ads you refer to that have Cuban brand names are the U.S. market brands, manufactured by companies that own the Cuban trademarks for the United States; they are manufactured in such countries as the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua, and do not contain Cuban tobacco. As far as stores that sell Cuban cigars outside of Cuba and that advertise in our pages, such as La Casa del Habano, they are shops that are privately owned and operated. [confirm with George]
Second, we do not ask people how they get their Cuban cigars. That is their business. That said, I'd also like to note that one of the anomalies of the U.S. embargo on Cuba is that, although U.S. citizens can't buy or sell post-1962 Cuban cigars (or any product made in Cuba) or import them into the United States, it is not illegal to smoke a Cuban cigar in the United States.
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