Publisher’s Letter ...................................................................... 4
A Retrospective...
News & Trends ........................................................................ 12
Cities seek e-cig ban, minimum age revisited and more
TMA Report ............................................................................ 20
Breaking news from the TMA
Category Manager.................................................................... 48
C-Store cigar sales report
Product Profile ........................................................................ 82
A guide to new and popular outlet products
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE
Trench Marketing: Facing the Music, page 78
Event Spotlight: NACS, page 60
Rouseco Honors U.S. Military, page 58
CIGAR SENSE
Cigar Sense: Staying Alert for Regulation
28
Will 2014 be the year cigars become FDA-regulated?
FEATURES
Pipe In Hand: Slow Smoking
36
A leisurely pipe offers the pause you need when life is racing by.
Electric Alley: How Very Resourceful
40
The electronic cigarette industry is now bursting with association
and expert support; here are some trusty “e-resources” in one compiling.
Top Tobacco Perspectives FromAround the Country 44
Domestic perspectives from the top of the tobacco chain(s).
Rouseco Honors U.S. Military
58
A team of servicemen enjoyed an annual fishing expedition
on a boat sponsored by Rouseco.
Event Highlight: NACS
60
Highlights From October’s NACS Show
Mistic: Market Maven
62
A top seller at Walmart, this e-cigarette brand couples a savvy
market strategy with value pricing for a winning combination.
Event Spotlight: D&R’s Debuts
68
Fidel’s Cigar Shop in Missouri and Cigars & Tabac in Kansas hosted launch
parties for D&R’s large-filtered and 1881 Perique cigars, respectively.
C-Store Corner: All in the Family
70
Two family business veterans offer five tips for growing your family-owned
retail business.
Celebrating Music and Stogies
76
The Cigar Family Charitable Foundation’s 4th Annual Sax & Cigars
event was a huge hit.
Trench Marketing: Facing the Music
78
Fidel’s Cigar Shop dug itself out of an early hole created by a contentious
store name, but now it’s a thriving boutique cigar hotspot on the Kansas
City scene.
Mistic: Market Maven, page 62
