Cigar lovers mourn destruction of cache
- Submitted by: manso
- Politics and Government
- 12 / 10 / 2010
'High-roller (cigs) [buyers] were paying anywhere from $400 to $4,000 a box of 25. John Q. Average Public probably wasn’t a part of that.'
–Anthony Diederich, an Illinois tobacconist, speaking of the Customs seizure of 100,000 Cuban cigars in Chicago this month.
'There are probably a lot of wet eyes out there. They're so difficult to get. Everyone desires them tremendously."
–Zita Harmon, another tobacconist,reacting to the incineration of all those cigars.
Source: //miamiherald.typepad.com/cuban_colada/2010/12/
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