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Jump to full article: New York Times, 2003-10-01
Author: CHARLIE LeDUFF / REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
Intro: Schwarzenegger hates Communism . . .
As it turns out, Mr. Schwarzenegger prefers tobacco from President Fidel Castro's farms. But Cuban cigars are contraband. To buy or sell them is a felony under the Trading With the Enemy Act. Exceptions are made when travelers carry in less than $100 of cigars from Cuba. In 1996 in Cigar Aficionado magazine, Mr. Schwarzenegger recalled buying two boxes from a man, Mr. Habana, procurer of outlawed cigars to much of Hollywood's elite. . . .
A did not deny the candidate enjoyed a Cohiba now and then. The spokesman, Sean Walsh, asked whether hypocrisy was at work, said: "Not at all. Death to the regime. Power to the people."
At the Fairmont Hotel here, Mr. Schwarzenegger said about Cuban cigars in the last seven years, "I get them as gifts when I travel overseas."
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