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PRODUCT PROFILE march/april
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TOBACCO BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL
MARCH/APRIL 2015
BIC’s Super Super Bowl Edition
BIC Consumer Products, USA has announced its Special Edition® Super Bowl
XLIX Champion Series Lighters that celebrates the winning team. The six designs
in the series feature textured, holographic foil and the logo of this year’s Super
Bowl champions: the New England Patriots. Production began at the Milford,
Connecticut-based BIC Lighter facility immediately following the big game.
“To be a part of one of America’s biggest sporting events in such an innovative
way is truly an honor for us,” says Keith Last, brand manager, lighters for BIC
Consumer Products, USA.
Available in February 2015 in limited supply and for a limited time only, the BIC
Special Edition® Super Bowl XLIX Champion Series Lighters have a suggested
retail price of $2.99 per lighter. BIC USA, 800-546-1111 ext. 2461
Carved-Log E-Cigs
YQD has coupled old-fashioned
woodworking with innovative
technology to create beautifully crafted
carved-log e-cigarettes. The line
features a wide range of styles that
reflect cultures and iconic images from
around the world, including the Statues
of Liberty and Venus. The Original
Electronic Technology Company, szyqd.
com, 86-755-2308-
9845
Picking the Pope
Drew Estate’s new Pope of Greenwich Village Cigar will be released in Spring 2015
and will be available through Smoke Inn’s South Florida-based retail stores and
website.
The Pope of Greenwich Village will be offered in a 6x40 panatela vitola and sold
in soft pack 10s at an MSRP of $85 and $8.50 for a single cigar. The blend features a
Mexican San Andres wrapper with Connecticut Stalk Cut Habano binder and Brazil-
ian Mata Fina and Nicaraguan fillers. The cigar was blended by Willy Herrera, Drew
Estate’s master blender, who had this to say about the blend: “This cigar will appeal
to fans of our other maduro blends, including Undercrown, Nica Rustica, MUWAT
and Liga Privada. Anyone who has smoked cigars that I’ve blended knows that I like
spice, but I didn’t go overboard here. The blend is balanced, bold, and just really
good. The small ring gauge definitely amplifies the flavor.”