HC Deb 27 February 1945 vol 408 c1249W
Mr. Purbrick

asked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the fact that cigars are just as much a necessity to habitual cigar smokers as are pipe and cigarette tobacco to their habituees, why the latter are allowed to be imported whereas the former are prohibited.

Mr. Dalton

Imports of cigars are permitted under licence, but for exchange reasons licences are being issued only for supplies from sterling countries.