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A couple of posts ago, we reported on how California is considering a tax on beer. Of course California last year levied a 45% tax on cigar sales made from California retailers to California residents and we were joking around as to what would be next? Big Mac tax, etc? We were […]

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Is the other shoe now dropping? Well, maybe in the tax happy state of California it is. Assemblyman Jim Beall, a Democrat hailing from San Jose, is proposing a massive 1500% increase on your six pack of beer!
And with Congress ready to reconsider the SCHIP program next year along with the massive taxes it […]

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Who would have thought….but a recent study at the University of Wisconsin, indicates that in communities with smoking bans there has been a nearly 12 percent rise in the number of drinking-related accidents.  
University of Wisconsin researchers say that instead of heading to their local bar for a drink and a smoke, smokers are venturing […]

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Seems the art world has determined that the next big art hub will be Cuba. Why…we don’t know, but it seems the art crowd has found an exception to the Cuban Embargo as it applies to American art collectors. Why the disparity? The U.S government considers Cuban art as “Cultural Assets” […]

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Eliot Spitzer, the former Attorney General and now former Governor of New York, has resigned from his office today which will be effective next Monday. So why are we writing about this on our cigar related blog? Hmmm….let me see!
Oh yes, now I remember. See a long time ago when we were […]

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With the Presidential race down to 3 candidates….John McCain for the Republicans, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democrats, the question really isn’t “who’s going to win”, but who will be best for the cigar industry?
Over the last 12 months or so, there has been an ever increasing drum beat to tax the cigar […]

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Well, they are at it again, this time in New Hampshire, where the states motto is “Live Free or Die”.
There is a bill pending that would increase the tax on cigars in the state based on a stores inventory level. The Legislature is proposing a 60% tax on the wholesale cost of cigars and […]

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In perhaps a small and overlooked article on Wednesday, the Supreme Court handed cigar smokers in Maine a victory!
About 5 years ago the state of Maine passed a law that required delivery firms such as FedEx and UPS to only deliver tobacco products shipped by retailers licensed by the state. Moreover, the carrier was […]

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There’s the old saying in life that you can always count on two things….”Death and Taxes”. Perhaps it’s time to amend that old saying to “Death, Taxes and Smoking Restrictions” or “Death, Taxes and More Government Interference in OUR lives!”.
Fourteen states have pending legislation to hike the tobacco taxes in their states. […]

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