and lots of newer members on the board, I thought it would be a good idea to emphasize the below post:

Quote Originally Posted by ggiese
Those, my friend, are as fake as they get. They look like they'd probably be at least a decent smoke (construction looks better than most), but you'd have better luck finding Cuban tobacco at the South Pole than in that cigar.

DO NOT - under any circumstance - distribute those cigars to anyone on any cigar board without clearly letting them know you question their authenticity. As a matter of fact - I would suggest you write a big ol' "FAKE" on all of the bands with a Sharpie so there is no question. The last thing you want to do is to put that in a pass, bomb or trade and have someone question your integrity.
IF you are not 100% sure that the cigars you are sending out are authentic, DO NOT SEND THEM.