DECEMBER 5-6
South Florida Cigar Show
Coconut Grove Convention Center, Coconut Grove, Florida. Booth reservations: (800) 876-8463. Info, Tel: (305) 865-5880.

DECEMBER 9
Le Cigar Noir
Cleveland, Ohio. Contact: Perelman Pioneer & Co., Tel: (213) 965-4905.

JANUARY 9
Southern Pipe Expo (formerly Gold Coast Pipe Show)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Sponsored by the South Florida Briar Brotherhood. Contact: Skylar Rupp, SFBB Pipe Show Committee, 3509 N.W. 25th Way, Boca Raton, FL 33434, Tel: (561) 482-2694, Email: skylar@aksi.net

FEBRUARY 6
11th Annual Gateway Area Pipe Show & Swap
Harley Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri. Presented by the St. Louis Pipe Club. Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For information or to reserve tables contact: Jay Milton, 4775 State Rt. 157, Edwardsville, IL 62025, Tel: (618) 656-7584 or Bob Callaway, 220 Pralle Lane, St. Charles, MO 63303, Tel: (314) 946-8555.

FEBRUARY 7-14
Wings of the World Cuban Cigar Smoking Adventure
Author and Smokeshop contributor Dale Scott will lead a tour group on a cigar adventure to Cuba featuring first-class accommodations in Havana and visits to famed cities such as Pinar del Rio, San Francisco de Paulo, Veradero, Trinidad, and Cienfuegos. The tour will depart from Toronto and Cancun. Contact: Wings of the World Travel Adventures, Tel: (800) 465-8687.

FEBRUARY 24-27
AWMA National Winter Convention & Candy Exposition
Orlando, Florida. Contact: American Wholesale Marketers Association, 1128 16th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-4808, Tel: (800) 482-2962.

MARCH 27-30
Tobacconists' Association of America (TAA) Annual Convention
Hilton Head, South Carolina. Contact: TAA, Suite 121, Eastland Mall, Evansville, IN 47715, Tel: (812) 479-8070.

APRIL 6-8
1999 International Tobacco Expo
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. Contact: ITE, 3690 South Eastern Ave., Suite 201, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, Tel: (800) 859-9247 or (702) 893-9090, Fax: (702) 893-9293

APRIL 24-25
Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club International Pipe & Cigar Show
Ramada Inn Hotel, Harvey, Illinois.

Annual show sponsored by the Chica-goland Pipe Collectors Club. Contact: Frank Burla, Tel: (630) 271-1317.

JULY 12-15
67th Annual RTDA Trade Show & Convention
Hilton Hotel/Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. Contact: Retail Tobacco Dealers of America, 107 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. Tel: (410) 547-6996, Fax: (410) 727-7533, Web: www.rtda.org, E-mail: rtda@msn.com.

AUGUST 28, 1999
North American Society of Pipe Collectors (NASPC) Swap/Sell Show
Holiday Inn on the Lane, Columbus, Ohio. Information, table rental reservations, contact: Bill Unger, NASPC, P.O. Box 9642, Columbus, OH 43209, Tel: (614) 252-2904, E-mail: ohio@pipes.org.