Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Renewed Optimism for Cigars


(csdecisions) Not much been predictable about the tobacco category over the past 18 months.
Huge taxes increases have renewed questions about just how much money smokers are willing to invest in their habit, and whether cigarette smokers would merely switch their nicotine fixes to other tobacco products (OTP), such as cigars and moist smokeless or even electronic cigarettes. However, FDA regulations on labels and access to tobacco products have made it difficult to predict what smokers will do.
Amid the upheaval, the cigar category has thrived, and in a most consistent way. Continued

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