Why don't NC cigar makers put dates on boxes?

[Snake Hips]

Originally Posted by Brooks W

Well, not even close, imo...I want to know where the tobacco comes from, so that If I like the flavors, I can pick up more of that specific tobacco...

~brooks

Most cigars do say where the tobaccos come from. Only generic[ish] brands/cigars, I've found, are hard to trace the contents of. Advertising often makes a pretty specific description of the contents, i.e., for example (out of my arse), "Dominican fillers complemented by Nicaraguan ligeros from the Jalapa Valley are rounded by a Mexican binder and finished with a sun-grown Connecticut Habano wrapper." In the non-Cuban world, just knowing the country of origin is enough to make a reasonable assessment of the cigar's flavors; Nicaraguan manufacturers in recent years have, mostly as marketing, began expounding on the valleys and regions their tobaccos come from ("The famous growing region of Esteli...") I don't know many brands that don't make their sources known in some form in some place.