My first thought when I saw the topic was it was going to be a discussion of those socks or some ace bandage like thingies for old people that have circulation issues with their feet... those compression sock thingies.
Then I figured out you are talking about cigar bands on the foot of a cigar.
Does the cedar wrap and/or the ribbon found on some cigars (like some of the Fuente and the 5 Vegas) fall into the foot band category? Other than the cedar wrapped cigars, the only foot band cigar that I can think of off the top of my head is the RP Edge and some of the 5 Vegas.
So my vote would be "What are foot bands?" (confusion on the title of the post) or the non offered choice of "It doesn't impact me either way." I usually remove the band before lighting no matter if it's at the foot or up near the cap.
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