February 1999 Volume 26 Number 1 Taxation Report: California's Wake-up Call by Dale Scott If the folks that brought California its disastrous Proposition 10 tobacco taxation plan have their way, similar measures could soon be coming to your state. Will you be prepared to fight — and win — if Rob Reiner tries to put you out of business? ShopTalk: Pipe Smokers Accessorize by Jim Lawson With renewed activity in the pipe segment, enthusiasts can easily be tempted by a range of related accessories. How does your selection of pipe paraphernalia stack up? Category Focus: Vintage Cigars by Bob Ashley You've mastered the origin of every cigar in your humidor. But do you really understand all the differences among the vintage labels? What do they really mean? Retailer and Tobacco Industry News SMOKESHOP's general news department. bringing you up-to-date information and breaking stories about manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers. Swisher International to Go Private Hollco-Rohr Premium Cigar Sales Transferred to Havatampa Wholesalers Call Tobacco Tax Hike 'Misguided' BAT to Purchase Rothmans International Philip Morris Buys Three Ligget Brands Holt's Cigar Holdings Credits Mail-Order Sales for 13% Growth Rocky Mountain Cigar Company Now a Division of Quintin USA, Inc. Swedish Match, SJI Settle Terminated Contract Dispute Glut Takes Toll on General Cigar's 1998 Earnings Manufacturers Target Y2K Issues Web Sitings - www.rjrt.com Clinton's Threatens Tobacco Industry With Lawsuit Federal Board Classifies Second-Hand Smoke as Carcinogen Old Cuban Cigar Factory Sets the Theme for Cigarz at CityWalk Seita Acquires Consolidated Cigar National Macanudo Robust Tasting Event Scores Big Gifts and Accessories for Cigar, Pipe, and Cigarette Smokers California Smokers Have Choices; Retail Tobacco Shops Don't What's Happening and Where in the Tobacco Industry Equipment and Services for Effective Retailing Products and News from the Pipe World Tobacco Products and Industry Promotions SMOKESHOP (ISSN 0146-9266), established in 1970, is published bi-monthly by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc., 130 West 42nd Street, Suite 1050, New York, NY 10036 USA. Copyright © 1998 by Lockwood Trade Journal Co. Inc. HTML production and copyright © 1999 by Keys Technologies. All rights reserved.