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Cigar Video News Feed!

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!We have added a Cigar Video News Feed to our HumidorVault.com website!
We will be adding new cigar news content as soon as it becomes available and we will post here on our blog when new content is available and […]

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Other Shoe Dropping?

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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Politics and Cigars..What a Pairing!

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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Cigar Shops in N.H. May Face Extinction!

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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Party Time in Cuba!

It’s that time of year again in Cuba! Monday marked the start of the 10th Festival del Habano, Cuba’s “cigar week”. The Festival is important as there are a ton of new product introductions, seminars, contests and visits to the tobacco fields and factories. Kind of like the RTDA show here in […]

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Cigar Smokers Win One!

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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Castro Resigns! What Next for Cuban Cigars?

Ailing Cuban leader, Fidel Castro resigned today leaving his brother Raul in permanent power of Cuba. So what does this mean for the Cuban Economic Embargo of some 40 + years and for access by U.S. citizens to Cuban cigars?
Probably not much right now….in fact, John Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State said: “I […]

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License to Smoke?

The “jolly old government” in England is trying its best to match the U.S. in becoming the grand “Nanny State”! The latest and greatest from the English government is to require smokers to buy a smokers license. This is on top of the already ridiculous taxes that smokers must pay for their right […]

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New Aksent Cigar Humidors at Humidor Vault!

We are extremely pleased to introduce the Aksent Design Cigar Humidor line!  One of our major cigar manufactures, Quality Importers,  have chosen a small but select group of retailers to launch their latest cigar humidor designs and we are very fortunate to have been selected!  Take a look at these unique designs and rest assured […]

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Cigar Imports Continue Strong Showing!

Los Angeles, February 4 – The unstoppable flow of premium cigars headed into the United States continued strong as the Cigar Association of America’s report for November 2007 was released.
For the month, 32.9 million premium cigars entered the U.S., about the same as in 2007. But for the year, the total rolled past the magic […]

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