80 to 90 percent of cuban cigars sold in the US are counterfeit

Posted on April 26, 2008
Filed Under United States, counterfeit and piracy |

Cigar Aficionado estimates that 80 to 90 percent of Cuban Cigars sold in the United States are counterfeit cigars.

Source: James Suckling, “Cuba’s Cigar Summit,” Cigar Aficionado,May/June 1999,(accessed: June 8, 2005).

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