I just bought this Partagas "Coronas Junior" from a mall cigar shop. I cut the tip back a bit and the white specs seem to be present all the way through. It looks suspect to me. Keep in mind, the camera flash exaggerated the white a bit.

Thanks.
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If that's the foot, yep.
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Is there anything on the wrapper? Is this the foot? If it was under the cap I doubt it is mold with out any other indicators... they could have wiped the wrapper but no way to hide mold on the foot.
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The wrapper looks clean to my untrained eye. The foot (the end that you light?) had the same white specs you are seeing, which I then tried to trim off the end.
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looks like mold to me. They would have probably wiped off the exterior mold.
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I'm leaning more towards the veins of the filler. Get a small exacto knife and try and scrape it off... What type of humidification did they have at the retailer?

Also take a cutter and take off a half inch of the foot. You said it was also under the cap which leads me to believe it is the cross section of the larger veins you are looking at.
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toast the crap out of it and smoke away....
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This.
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You'll probably survive... I've heard of people getting upper respiratory infections from moldy sticks though, it might have been CA I read that on actually.
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What?!? I had an URI before, and it was terrible. I can't imagine getting another one...
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Might want to do some research, not 100% on it but I could swear I read it on CA somewhere. Of course if it isn't mold then it's a moot point.
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Thats what I was thinking too that it was just some thick stems. Cant tell by looking at the picture for sure.
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Seemed to be just kept in a cabinet (Sheffield Express). The metal tube it came in seemed scratched and dented, so maybe it was just old stock. Either way, I ended up just tossing it out of frustration since $15 isn't worth going back to the store.

Thanks for the input guys.
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