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TOBACCO OUTLET BUSINESS
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2012
PRODUCT PROFILE
Join the Cult
Smooth and rich in flavor nuances,
new Cult cigars are crafted in Nicaragua
by the skilled hands of talented artisans
of TACASA, chosen specifically to
create this uncommon cigar. TACASA,
a boutique cigar company owned by
Carlos and Chris Sanchez, is located in
Esteli, Nicaragua. “Quality not quantity
is what really counts,” says Carlos
Sanchez, “We oversee and personally
manage every step in the process
of making quality cigars from leaf
selection to packaging. Our goal is to
make great cigars.”
Cult Cigars feature a sophisticated
composition of tobaccos encased
in a natural, oily Ecuadorian Habano
wrapper. Cult cigars come in four sizes:
Robusto (5x50), Toro (6x50), Torpedo
(6.25
x52) and Toro Grande (6x60).
Quality Importers Trading Company
is the exclusive distributor of this
new cigar brand. Quality Importers
Trading Company, 888-795-4839,
www.
qualityimporters.com
“
Stinky Cigar”
Expands
Quality Importers, a cigar accessory
manufacturer and distributor, is
expanding its Stinky Cigar brand
ashtray line. The Stinky Cigar Herf
Edition Ashtray is believed to be the
world’s largest cigar ashtray—and
now it’s available in a floor model
perfect for smoking lounges. The
extra deep basin provides the Stinky
Cigar Herf Edition Floor Ashtray with
the ability to collect ash for the entire
evening. Designed by a true cigar
enthusiast with a passion for fine
cigars, it features Stinky’s signature
stainless steel finish and boasts eight
stainless stirrups.
With its 17 inch diameter, this
impressive stainless steel ashtray
holds nearly three gallons of an
evening’s worth of ash, butts and
debris without obstructing a lit cigar
momentarily placed on the stirrups.
Stinky Cigar ashtrays can be found in
over 1,500 tobacconists nationwide.
Quality Importers Trading Co., visit
.
The Darker Side of
Smooth
White Owl and Game continue to drive
innovation by expanding their mild
flavored cigarillo lines with the introduction
of Black Cigarillos. Mild-flavored cigarillos
are outpacing the mass-market cigar
category by a 10:1 margin, says the
company. Responding to the growing
demand in this segment, SwedishMatch is,
for the first time, launching a line extension
across both the Homogenized Tobacco
Leaf (HTL) and Natural Leaf Mass Market
cigar brands.
“
Black is a word that conjures up all
kinds of powerful emotions: premium and
masculine, dark and mysterious, elegant
and sophisticated,” says Brian Love, the
company’s director of mass market cigars,
“
It was this inspiration that prompted us to
introduce thishot new idea incigarillos, The
Darker Side of Smooth.”
Eachblackcigarillo iscoveredwitha rich,
dark wrapper and filled with finely blended
tobaccos. Blacks are distinctively dark, yet
surprisingly smooth, and deliver a sweet
mellow smoke with pleasant aromas. The
FoilFresh packaging ensures that both
White Owl and Game Black Cigarillos stay
fresh.
WhiteOwl andGame are supporting the
launch of Black Cigarillos with an array of
consumer and trade promotions, including
two everyday promotional items from
Game (3-for-2 Pouch and 69 cent Singles
Box) and two from White Owl (3-for-2
Pouch and Bonus Box). Swedish Match,
