Cigar Industry

Petition to Cigar Manufacturers

Have you ever had a hard time finding information about a cigar? Want to know where the tobacco you are smoking was physically grown? Want to know how much of your premium cigar is made from tobacco from the Dominican?

I don’t know about you but I would love to know this information and it seems like I’m not the only one. Doc Stogie Fresh has started a petition asking cigar manufacturers to provide this information. Here are the highlights:

Cigar Information: What we’d like to know about the cigars

* List all the tobacco types (varietals) and percentages used in the blend
* Include the placement of leaves on the tobacco plant when listing tobacco types (i.e., ligero, viso, seco, etc.)
* Provide the Nation of origin and the Region of each of the tobaccos used in the blend

Box information: What we’d like to see on the cigar boxes

* Provide all the information listed under Cigar Information (above) on the box
* Provide the harvest date for predominant tobaccos in the blend (especially wrapper)
* Provide the box date (i.e., the date that the finished cigars were packaged in their boxes)
* Update this information when the blend changes or uses tobacco from different harvest years

SIGN THE PETITION!

Web site Information: What we’d like to see on your website

* Provide the Cigar Information (listed above) about ALL the premium cigars you manufacture (under your own brands) on your company website.
* Provide the Cigar Information (listed above) about your new cigars on your web site by the time they are shipping
* Also include information about the climate and weather patterns (where available and appropriate) and how those have affected the crops for that year.

I have already signed the petition and I urge all cigars smokers to sign the petition as well. It is important to know what you are smoking for a couple of reasons.

1. You can better educate yourself. If you know what kinds of tobacco you like you will be able to pick similar sticks in the future because that information will now be readily available.

2. Quality control. Once cigar makers start publishing what tobacco goes into their cigars they will have to work to maintain that mix. If they lie about what goes into their cigars it will be possible to catch them lying. (Think C.S.I. for cigars.)

3. Marketing tool for cigar makers. Think about a 25 year old Scotch or a wine from Burgundy. Consumers are willing to pay a premium just because they know the ingredients come from a great area and/or are aged.

For the good of cigardom, SIGN THE PETITION!

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