lunger said:
Is there any organized resistance to this? Is anybody else as incensed as I am about this?
The answer is YES.
Even better news is that Cigar.com is a big part in that.
The Cigar Association of America actively fights in our corner. They challenge legislation that is meant for cigarettes and lumps in premium cigars. They also challenge the enormous tax attacks nationwide that threaten the cigar industry.
Give your business to those that inform/lobby and fight on our behalf.
Here is a list of the companies that care enough and deserve our support:
CAA Members:
Agio Cigars
Alec Bradley Cigar Company
Altadis USA
ASP Enterprises, Inc
Arango Cigar Co.
Ashton Distributors, Inc.
Brick-Hanauer Inc.
CAO International, Inc
Caribe Imported Cigars
Central America Tobacco Corp
Cia. De Tabacos Quisqueya C. por A.
Cigar.Com Inc
Cigar Factory Outlet
Cigar King
Cigars By Santa Clara, N.A.
Cigars International
Davidoff of Geneva
Domestic Tobacco Company
Domitab, S.A
Famous Smoke Shop- PA, Inc
Finck Cigar Company
General Cigar Company, Inc.
Hail & Cotton, Inc
Harkema, Inc
Holts Cigar Co
House of Oxford Distributors/Mom's Cigars
Imperial Processing Corp
Inter-Continental Cigar Corp
Intertrade Inc. of VA
J.R. Cigar
La Aurora Cigar Factory
Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Co. of PA
Lane Limited
Lignum-2, Inc
Manufacture de Tabacos S.A.
Jose Mendez & Co
Miami Cigar & Company
Mike's Cigars Distributors, Inc
John Middleton, Inc
Natermann & Hurm GmbH & Co.
National Cigar Corp
J.C. Newman Cigar Company
NuPak Printing
NuWay Tobacco Company
Oliva Tobacco Company
Payless Cigars
Phillips & King International
Plasencia Group
Quality Fresh Cigars, Inc.
Retail Tobacco Dealers of America
Rex Corp
SAG Imports
San Andreas Tobacco Supply Co.
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc
R.A. Serafini, Inc
Shamrock Corp
Nat Sherman International
Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
Standard Commercial Tobacco Company, Inc
Swisher International, Inc
Tabacalera Perdomo S.A.
Thompson & Co. of Tampa, Inc
Tobacco Rag Processors, Inc
Two Guys Smoke Shop
Vetab International, Inc
Windsor Shade Tobacco Company
Cigar Association of America, Inc.
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