HAVANA — It’s the equivalent of buying a Gucci bag on Canal Street. Vendors who fill Havana’s streets selling black-market cigars to unsuspecting tourists are salivating over President Obama’s ...

Dreaming of carrying armloads of cigars out of Cuba now that the U.S. is thawing relations? Not so fast. At least initially, U.S. visitors who treasure the scarce luxury smoke won't be able to bring ...

In 2015, the embargo was lifted between the US and Cuba — and once again, Cuban cigars were available to export. Cuba's tobacco production can be compared to Napa Valley's wine culture — it's taken ...

MIAMI — Cigar aficionados beware: Those handmade Montecristos, Cohibas and Romeo y Julietas may not be the premium smokes they seem. Law enforcement and cigar-industry officials say counterfeiters are ...

A local manufacturer rolls pre-embargo tobacco into premium smokesWoodbridge A New Jersey company has been working a loophole in the U.S. embargo on Cuban cigars: It sells a line of Havanas made from ...

Over six decades rolling premium cigars with his small, wrinkled hands, Arnaldo Alfonso has taken pride in seeing his “habanos” sampled by visiting heads of state and other dignitaries. Now, he’s ...

I was being driven around Havana the other day when the taxi driver told me a joke. A Cuban descending into hell finds it divided by nationality. The torture of the day involves beatings with sticks ...

Cuban cigars are wrapped in mystique. Soon travelers will be able to bring back $100 worth of the famed cigars. Here are some facts you should know. 1. Cuban cigars are expensive, even in Cuba. As NPR ...

The Obama administration announced Friday that it is eliminating a $100 limit on the value of Cuban rum and cigars that American travelers can bring back from the island. The administration is also ...

The Obama administration announced Friday it is eliminating a $100 limit on the value of Cuban rum and cigars that American travelers can bring back from the island. The administration is also lifting ...

Now there's another great reason to visit Cuba: the Obama administration has just lifted restrictions on the number of cigars tourists can bring back to US soil. Americans can now carry up to 100 ...