Unless I am mistaken, has America not had an embargo on ANY products from the island nation of Cuba, and this includes Cuban cigars, since the early 1960's? If this is true, then the fact Cuban cigars are popular in America makes one wonder if the embargo is being enforced and, if not, then we need to question why. What good is an embargo if you let select products from the embargoed nation continue to be exported? An embargo is put in place to punish the target nation for reasons the embargoing nation feel the embargoed nation needs to change. Yet not enforcing the embargo is an admission you are not serious about bringing about the changes you desire. These changes could cover everything from a governmental change to illegal dumping of subsidized products.

Apparently Cuban cigars are being exported all over the world, most likely by under the table agreements involving governments and distributors, and while Cuban cigars might be among the finest cigars to smoke, it should matter little how desirable the embargoed product is as to whether you turn a blind eye to the illegal exporting.