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Published by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc., publishers of Smoke, Tobacco International, Tobacco Products International, Tobacco Asia, Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, and Tea & Coffee Asia. With a 38-year history of serving the tobacco industry, SMOKESHOP has become one of the oldest and most respected trade journals in the industry. Our mission is to provide in-depth information to our readers concerning the ever-changing tobacco retailing industry including cigars, pipes, cigarettes, accessories, and other tobacco products.

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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 U.S.A., Tel: (1)(212) 391-2060. Fax: (1)(212) 827-0945, E-mail: ssmagazine@aol.com. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and additional mailing offices. Printed in the U.S.A. Copyright 1998 by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc.