Kennedy ordered 1,200 Cuban cigars right before outlawing them has been circulating online for years. For example, one X user ...

One of the top priorities on our list was to buy some authentic Cuban cigars. We tried two different approaches. First, we bought a box at an authorized store inside the Hotel Habana Libre.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Cuban cigars hold a reputation as the world's most opulent tobacco product. A box of good-quality Habanos can cost thousands of dollars.

A claim that former President John F. Kennedy ordered 1,200 Cuban cigars right before outlawing them has been circulating online for years. However, Corbin Apkin, an archivist at the John F.