logo

Current Issue
logo
Home SmokeShop Classifieds Product Showcase Advertiser Index Industry Guide Report Resources Archives Search Smokeshop Finder Advertising Subscribe About
logo
El Original
logo

logo
Don Salvatore Cigars
logo
TopCubans.Com
logo
PuroExpress.Com
logo
The Hole-In-One Cigar Holder!
August,
2004

SMOKE Magazine's Cigar Reviewer Contest!


Premium Cigars:
Tabacalera Perdomo: On a Roll
By W. Hart Lane
Nick Perdomo’s quest for greater integration continues to draw Tabacalera Perdomo deeper into the farms of Nicaragua as he guides the company’s growth well into its second decade.
Retail Technology:
Whole-Store Humidification
By Dale Scott
Retailers who deal primarily in cigars often toss out the humidified display cases and walk-in humidors and humidify the entire store. The benefit is a single, controlled environment that protects delicate cigars from damaging humidity swings.
Regulation Watch:
Banning Tobacco Displays
By Luc Martial
The prospect of relegating all tobacco products to behind-the-counter status flies in direct opposition to the trend of "tobacco-only" retail outlets. Advertising and promotional bans have made in-store merchandising a final, crucial frontier that must be protected.






Gifts and Accessories for Cigar, Pipe, and Cigarette Smokers


FDA Regulation of Tobacco:
It may be closer than ever...
- by E. Edward Hoyt III



What's Happening and Where in the Tobacco Industry


Trends and Trendsetters in Specialty Tobacco Retailing


Merchandise and News from the Pipe World


Tobacco Products and Industry Promotions


PuroExpress.Com
Subscribe to SmokeShop!
SMOKESHOP (ISSN 0146-9266), established in 1970, is published bi-monthly by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc., 26 Broadway, Floor 9M, New York, NY 10004 USA. Copyright © 1998 by Lockwood Trade Journal Co. Inc. HTML production and copyright © 1999-2004 by Keys Technologies. All rights reserved.