| 59 - The Cigar Story |
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| Written by Patrick Morley |
| Wednesday, December 10 2008 10:11 |
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Have you ever savored the flavor of a hand made premium cigar? There's nothing quite like it. For twenty five years I have occasionally enjoyed a good cigar, but never more than when travelling abroad where I can get my hands on authentic Cuban stogies. As I'm sure you know, America has held an embargo against Cuba since 1962 when President Kennedy made it law. (As an aside, the night before signing the embargo the president sent Pierre Salinger on a mission to purchase 1,000 of his favorite Cuban cigars by H. Uppman. Salinger found 1,200, so Kennedy was set for a long embargo when he signed the papers the next day.) To this day bringing any products manufactured in Cuba into the United States is strictly against the law, as is consuming them. Cigar lovers, though, have maintained an underground that keeps these peerless Cuban stogies showing up from time to time.
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