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The issue is frequently asked if any US resident or permanent resident alien of the US may legally acquire Cuban origin products, including alcohol and tobacco products, from a third country for personal usage outside the U.S. No, is the answer. Certain laws restrict people of the US from importing, buying, transporting, or otherwise dealing in or entering into any transactions with respect to any products outside the U.S. If such product is of Cuban origin; or is or has been found in or transported from or through Cuba; or is made or derived in whole or in part of any aspect which is the expansion or produce of Cuba. Therefore, In the case of cigars, the prohibition reaches to cigars manufactured in Cuba and sold in a 3rd country and to cigars manufactured in a third country from tobacco grown In Cuba. Black and milds produced with Cuban Tobacco or from tobacco grown and harvested in a 3rd country from Cuban seeds to constitute a growth or product of Cuba. The regulations do not forestall dealings or transactions in those products by individuals subject to the jurisdiction of the US, so long as there isn’t any interest of Cuba or the Cuban state, indirect or direct, in the sale of such cigars. Criminal penalties for violation of the laws range up to 1 million dollars in fines for companies, $250,000 for private estates and up to ten years in jail. Civil penalties of at least $65,000 per infraction could be upheld.