According to Famous this is plume and safe to smoke

I received a bad batch of cigars and FSS rep tries to tell me how this is plume and not mold, and only blue mold is unsafe.

Funny thing is they would let me return them for a refund, but wouldn't let me return them for replacements like I wanted.

....LOL :-) :-) FSS

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Typical case of mold (spotchy here and there with radiating hair-looking structures). Plume is uniform across the whole cigar and looks alot like a fine dust. Wipe those off and enjoy.
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:-)

Mold :-)
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Because the rest all probably have "plume" too. :-)
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Jesus
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I know 100% this is mold.

It's just sad that they would try and tell me otherwise. I feel bad for anyone who would believe them.
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Yuck! Do you guys smoke sticks with mold on them? Does it change the flavor?
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White mold generally wipes right off whith no adverse effects, as long as it isn't in the foot.
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This. Don't be afraid of mold. I have some '98-'99 Aņejos that had some mold on them when I bought them; if I had passed on them at the time out of timidity I would have missed out on some truly amazing smokes and yet more to come! :-)
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What exactly is plume?
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Good disucssion here:

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showth...ighlight=plume
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I just smoked an Oliva masterblend with a little bit of mold on it and it was fine.
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Goodness! ! !

It can mean that the cigars have been kept in a real good environment. The link will explain it all.
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I don't know what I would do if I had cigars with mold on them. Just seems weird to smoke them. But if you all say it doesn't hurt it, then I will consider keeping it if I ever come across any with mold.
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As they say in the food industry, "heard!" Thanks for the link.
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Please be careful with moldy cigars, they can lead to real health problems.
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I avoid moldy cigars altogether. Some say wiping them off is ok when it's on the outer wrapper only, but I prefer not to take any risk. A cigar isn't worth me getting sick at all.
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I've smoked a lot of lightly molded cigars after wiping them clean. You can kill the mold in the fridge and if the cigars don't get too warm it wont come back, at least in our climate.
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MoneyCollector, the number one cause of mold is high humidity. What percentage do you keep in your humidor(s)?

In warmer climates two things happen:
1. Warmer air plus high humidity is asking for mold.
2. Your gauge might indicate 70% humidity but due to warmer air, it might actually be higher than that.

Safe humidor humidity numbers are 65% to 68% while keeping it cool in there!
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His cigars arrived with mold on them. :-)
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