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Since the trade embargo placed by John F. Kennedy, Cuban cigars are pretty much illegal in the United States. In fact, all products from Cuba are illegal in the United States. Ouch! The embargo is so powerful that even US citizens traveling outside of the US are not allowed to have Cuban cigars. Although that is the law they can’t really enforce it.

I guess its true for all top value products that your are just bound to find people who will try to sell you knock offs for cheap. Same thing here with Cuban cigars. Especially on the internet where some people are selling boxes of Cohiba for $200.00. You can’t even get Cohiba’s in Cuban for that much folks. Anyways, when you smoke a Cuban cigar, you would know once you hold it, the quality just can’t be touched.

One of the first places that you may end up finding imitation Cuban cigars is while you’re on vacation in another country. Most people that are traveling to the Caribbean on a cruise or perhaps on vacation in Mexico may love to sneak one of these forbidden smokes. More than likely, however, what you are getting is a cheap imitation, even though it may be a fairly decent cigar. Most people that purchase these fake Cuban cigars really would not know the difference anyway, they simply enjoy the thought of having something that is otherwise unavailable.

There are many different ways to actually spot which cigar is fake and which one is real. You need to be familiar, however, with how an actual Cuban cigar is rolled and packaged. For example, some fake Cuban cigars will come in a cellophane wrapper whenever the real product is never wrapped in cellophane. You can also look for errors that may be occurring in the wrapper or the packaging. Even though these differences may be slight, they are easy to spot if you have a distinguishing eye.

If it’s too low, you better go! Yes when it comes to a fine product such as Cuban cigar, it is considered fairly expensive by the majority of people. It is a product of class and beauty and has centuries of rich history backing it up. Even the process of hand rolling a Cuban cigar has hardly changed since its inception in 1492. So if it’s too cheap, listen to that little voice inside your head, it’s usually right.