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Page 2 of 2 A new entry, the Humi-Disc, has been added to the Cigar Savor line of accessories from Altadis U.S.A. It’s a modestly-priced, disc-shaped humidifier which uses the familiar system of gel crystals which are activated by water. One advantage of the Humi-Disc is that the device is see-through, so you can tell when the crystals need more water. And this device uses simple tap water rather than distilled water or propylene glycol solutions required by other humidifiers. The gels can hold 100 times their weight in water, which slowly evaporates to provide a relative humidity in a humidor of 70 percent. The compact size of the Humi-Disc suggests that it will work well for keeping 25-30 cigars in good condition. The Humi-Disc retails for $9.95 and is making its way into stores now. There’s a magnet on the back to attach to the interior of humidors which have a metal plate to hold onto a humifidication device. One caution: don’t get crazy about adding water to gel-based devices like this. Wait for the gels to visually shrink to about half their full size before adding water, then let them do their work. Filling and re-filling the device constantly is bad for the gels and can be bad for your cigars if the gels get over-soaked and start discharging the excess water too quickly. In other words . . . use as directed. >> Tobacco tax fiends on the prowl again, this time in Ohio: Ohio has a fairly modest cigar tax of about 17 percent of the manufacturer’s wholesale price. But the anti-tobacco crowd is trying to change that. “Tobacco products like little cigars, cigars and smokeless tobacco are cheap and come in candy flavors that appeal to kids,” said American Lung Association of Ohio director Shelly Kiser in a statement noted by the Associated Press. “Their appeal to youth and the tobacco industry’s aggressive marketing of them in Ohio have led to a growing problem in the state.” Really? Anti-smoking advocates have been making this case against little cigars for some time, with a petition by about 30 state attorneys general to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for a rule equating the taxation of little cigars with cigarettes in 2006 (a rule was proposed and circulated for comment, but no action has been taken on it to date). But to make the case against all cigars is an entirely different matter. Cigars seem to be getting swept up in the prayer by the anti-tobacco crowd to further tax tobacco up to the rate of 55 percent of the manufacturer’s wholesale price, the same level as currently set in Ohio for cigarettes. Little cigars are clearly being targeted along with smokeless tobacco, which seems to be growing in popularity. Happily, the AP story indicated that the prospects for passage of such additional taxes on non-cigarette tobacco products appears poor. It noted a comment by Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted last Tuesday that it was not like to support such an increase. ~ Rich Perelman CLASSIFIED ADVERTISINGCigar Humidors and Cigar Accessories at Humidor Vault! Your online cigar humidor source, with rock-bottom pricing and fantastic customer support!Like sports? Get news and commentary you won’t see in your morning newspaper at TheSportsExaminer.com! Join the examination! A limited amount of classified advertising is available in this space on a weekly basis. For details, call Pat Harris at (213) 365-7965 or inquire by email by clicking here. Have an opinion? You can send it using the “Comment” button below! Don’t forget to register for our drawing for free cigars and accessories! Just click on the “Register & Win” button above; enter today! Looking for a cigar party? Take a look at our exclusive list of hundreds of cigar events across the country, listed by state and date, only on CigarCyclopedia.com!
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“Tobacco products like little cigars, cigars and smokeless tobacco are cheap and come in candy flavors that appeal to kids...Their appeal to youth and the tobacco industry’s aggressive marketing of them in Ohio have led to a growing problem in the state.” Wow - "the tobacco indurstry's aggressive marketing to [kids]?" That smells like a complete fabrication by another well-meaning individual whose head is bent so far up her agenda hole, she can't smell the smoke for the sh*t. Oh, and they're "cheap?" Awesome...so what we'll do is make them less expensive. THAT'LL stop the demographic WITH MORE DISPOSABLE INCOME THAN ANYONE ELSE. These people are idiots. [/rant] |
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“Cigars, as we know them today, began serious production in Seville, Spain around 1676.
