Can you bring cigars in your carry-on ?

The almighty TSA, says Yes !

Hey aficionados, the holiday travel season has unleashed it’s razor sharp talons and planted them right in our collective ass’s…like it does every year. The time to decide which friends or relatives you plan on visiting during this festive period has arrived. First class or coach, cashing-in the miles or whipping out the plastic; “Great Caesars Ghost!”, I can’t believe it’s actually here.

The wonderful time you’ll spend with loved ones, the delicious food and drink, cider and eggnog, gut-busting portions, ugly sweaters and toxic fruit cakes…oh what a time to be alive ! The question that matter’s most for folks like us is, CAN WE STUFF OUR CARRY-ON’S WITH CIGARS DAMMIT !!

And the verdict is unequivocally YES ! You can put them in your carry-on or your checked luggage…who’s got it better than us (no-effin body !); but here’s a tip campers, your special favorite powerful torches that could double as a MiG welder, do not, i repeat, do not include them in your carry-on because the TSA storm troopers will scold you, stare at you like a disappointed parent and confiscate it like a kilo of pure Peruvian…I share this from personal experience; like Paulie in Goodfella’s says “just don’t do it”.

The official TSA blurb (Flying with tobacco)

The Transportation Security Administration places no restrictions on tobacco, which means that you can bring tobacco products with you in your checked luggage as well as your carry-on bag. That includes cigarettes as well as cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco and other types of smokeless tobacco. Needless to say, if you try to light one up on the plane, you’ll be in some pretty hot water. But it’s totally fine to have cigarettes in your luggage or on your person.

In case you had any doubts.

So boys and girls, ladies and gents, dames y caballeros…I hope you found these tidbits timely and informative, to you and yours I wish a pleasant, safe and happy cigar smoking holiday season…and the rest of you muppets can kiss my entire A#; ok sorry about that; what’s wrong with me it’s the holidays…lol

So as I often suggest, find that comfortable chair in a quiet spot and enjoy that special cigar.