Cigar consumption in America (Graph)

[Blak Smyth]

Originally Posted by Ogre

I wonder if the decline after the embargo is due to poor quality cigars from other countries at the time. Wasnt Cuban cigars the standard??? Maybe its taken the the past 50 years to get NCs up to par. Just a guess on my behalf!!!!

Thats a good point. I have not been smoking cigars long enough to compare the quality but that would seem to make a lot of sense.