cigars

Most countries have a quantity limit, but ubless you are importing a large quantity, it should not be a problem.

If your boarders are non-smokers, I am sure it will cross them.

LOL!

Are you thinking bringing them back? Cubans? I traveled to italy in both 2005 and 2007 and both time brought back Cuban cigars. When I went in 2005 i traveled with a federal judge and he told me I could bring back up to 40 as long as they were for personal consumption. When i got to customs I was asked about them and told they were illegal to bring in, my response was as i pointed to the judge i was traveling with, I understand i can bring back a limited quantity for personal use, at that point he handed me back my passport and said welcome home have a nice day and I was able to pass.

Cliff, while I don't doubt your story and think it would be wonderful if those-tobacco-products-that-shall-not-be-named were once again legal in this country, it is a bit of a misnomer that any Cuban tobacco is allowed into this country, regardless of whether it's for personal consumption or not. The law used to allow Americans in Cuba on officially sanctioned business to bring back a limited quantity, but I'm not sure if that is the case any longer. And I believe that purchase of Cuban tobacco products from a third country (Canada, Mexico, etc.) is an outright no-no. While there may be exceptions for "other people" (read: not me nor most traveling folks), here is a little run-down from the US Customs website: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/clearing/restricted/cuban_cigars.xml

Yes I did some further research and called customs, you are correct the laws have recently changed. you can no longer bring any Cuban made product in to the US no matter where purchased. Traveler bringing tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, bidis) to the U.S. for their personal use. A traveler may include up to 100 cigars and 200 cigarettes in the $800 exemption from duty. U.S. residents on State Department-licensed travel to Cuba may no longer bring cigars or other goods back with them from their visit. Additional cigars and cigarettes may be brought into the country, but they will be subject to duty and taxes. Cigarettes may also be subject to a tax imposed by state and local authorities. Bidis - essentially flavored cigarettes - are not generally permitted entry. Once every 31 days, a resident returning from travel from American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), or the Virgin Islands of the United States may import 1,000 cigarettes (5 cartons), not more than 200 of which acquired elsewhere than in such locations, within the returning resident's $1,600 exemption from duty and taxes.