August, 2007 Boutique Cigars: La Tradicion Cubana: Careful Steps Mark a New Beginning By Dale Scott The birth, growth, loss, and rebirth of a storied Little Havana cigar maker turning a new leaf in the Dominican Republic. Cigar Manufacturers: Unique Blends from Ecuador By Joseph Finora Breeding, growing, blending, and rolling unique tobaccos to create some of the market's most distinctive premium cigars, the partners of Puros de Armando Ramos have set aside the "me-to" mentality to forge their own unique path. Cigar Markets: Where in the World are the Women Cigar Smokers? Staff Report A women's cigar forum in Esteli, Nicaragua sets out to quantify the scope of the female cigar market and lend manufacturers insight to this potentially underserved market segment. Retailer and Tobacco Industry News SMOKESHOP's Industry news department, bringing you up-to-date information and breaking stories about manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers. CAO International Named U.S. Distributor of Café Crème and Nobel Petit New York State Seeks to Ban U.S. Postal Service Deliveries of Tobacco Proposed $35 Billion Federal Cigarette Excise Tax Increase Approved by Senate Bits and Pieces Gifts and Accessories for Cigar, Pipe, and Cigarette Smokers Proposed Tax Hike on Cigars is a Major Threat to the Industry - by E. Edward Hoyt III What's Happening and Where in the Tobacco Industry Trends and Trendsetters in Tobacco Retailing Merchandise 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., 26 Broadway, Floor 9M, New York, NY 10004 USA. Copyright © 1998-2007 by Lockwood Trade Journal Co. Inc. HTML production and copyright © 1998-2007 by Keys Technologies. All rights reserved.