In your opinion which NC is closest to a CC?

[akumushi]

I seriously doubt your percentages are correct. I quote David Savona's blog on cigar aficionado when I say:
"Suckling said he vastly underestimated how many Cuban cigars
were smoked by Americans, estimating the number to be around
8 to 12 million cigars per year. Officials from Habanos S.A., Cuba's
cigar exporting organization, told him that they estimate the figure
to be 25 million or even 50 million units per year."
If your percentage was right then, that would mean Americans were consuming 500 million to 1 billion fake cigars a year. That's a lot of Cohibos.

And trust.... the far reaching "Gubmint Arm of da law" would "lub to get its paws on some o dat tax munee!"

Originally Posted by akumushi

I seriously doubt your percentages are correct. I quote David Savona's blog on cigar aficionado when I say:
"Suckling said he vastly underestimated how many Cuban cigars
were smoked by Americans, estimating the number to be around
8 to 12 million cigars per year. Officials from Habanos S.A., Cuba's
cigar exporting organization, told him that they estimate the figure
to be 25 million or even 50 million units per year."
If your percentage was right then, that would mean Americans were consuming 500 million to 1 billion fake cigars a year. That's a lot of Cohibos.

[Tripp]

Originally Posted by akumushi

I seriously doubt your percentages are correct. I quote David Savona's blog on cigar aficionado when I say:
"Suckling said he vastly underestimated how many Cuban cigars
were smoked by Americans, estimating the number to be around
8 to 12 million cigars per year. Officials from Habanos S.A., Cuba's
cigar exporting organization, told him that they estimate the figure
to be 25 million or even 50 million units per year."
If your percentage was right then, that would mean Americans were consuming 500 million to 1 billion fake cigars a year. That's a lot of Cohibos.

To me, that number does seem way out of proportion. It would make sense to me that 90% of americans who buy a handful CCs while on vacation, or from a buddy, or from the back room of their B&M are buying fakes. But I think that the amount of people who buy hundreds of boxes a year really offset those figures.

[akumushi]

Yeah, I think the 'trusted authors' confused the fact that 90% of Americans who think they have smoked a Cuban cigar have only smoked fakes. The thing is, the 10 percent that know better smoke a lot more of the genuine thing than tourists do fakes on vacation.

Originally Posted by Tripp

To me, that number does seem way out of proportion. It would make sense to me that 90% of americans who buy a handful CCs while on vacation, or from a buddy, or from the back room of their B&M are buying fakes. But I think that the amount of people who buy hundreds of boxes a year really offset those figures.