Smoke shops battle high taxes and recession

(Ocala.com) Dave Haswell drew hard on the last of his hand-rolled cigarette and put the smoldering embers out in the ashtray in front of him.
The 71-year-old former heavy equipment operator relaxed as he let the smoke escape his mouth and drift toward the ceiling at Bogart's Smoke Shop in Dunnellon.
Haswell took his first drag when he was 11 years old, when he stole a cigar from his father's tobacco stash. He seldom looks back to regret what he did. Continued