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Originally Posted by WhiteMamba
How were CC's viewed before the 60's? Anyone around here old enough to remember? We're they seen as anything special before the embargo?
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Not old enough but know some of the history. Basically before the embargo a cigar was a cigar, it just happened that a lot of cigars or cigar tobacco came from Cuba. A lot of tobacco came to the US for rolling, which resulted in Havana Clears, a term describing tobacco cleared by Customs. And I know several old timers who recall cc being available in stores for quite a while after the embargo.