Comments on: Stogie News: Massive Cigar Tax Increase Hits Today

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:19:59 +0000

In Canada all tobacco is subject to a 55% tax of it's WORTH, do you know how expensive that makes tobacco products here? I recently got into cigars but try to find ways for people to send me cigars privately online so I can avoid paying that ridiculous tax on a $200+ purchase. It's damn near criminal what they do to us and now Americans will be feeling what Canadians have been dealing with for over a decade.

By: Stogie Guys Friday Sampler CLXXXV

Stogie Guys Friday Sampler CLXXXV — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:02:04 +0000

[...] Cigar taxes, already excessive at the federal level because of SCHIP, are being increased in two western states. Utah passed a hike that skyrockets cigar taxes from 35% [...]

By: Dems Killed my favorite cigar shop - Page 3 - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:44:14 +0000

[...] Under SCHIP, large cigars will be taxed at 52.75 percent, with a cap of 40.26 cents per cigar. http://www.stogieguys.com/2009/04/04…-tax-hits.html Hey if the guy wants to increase the price by 3-4$ to account for a $0.4026 tax thats his stupid [...]

By: Stogie Reviews: Rocky Patel Puro Cubano Robusto

Stogie Reviews: Rocky Patel Puro Cubano Robusto — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:45:06 +0000

[...] Cubano blend. The story here is that Rocky wanted to introduce a new full-bodied cigar before the SCHIP tax hike went into effect last April. To his dismay, however, the blend of Cuban-seed filler from [...]

By: jack fox

jack fox — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:26:30 +0000

the stupids at the stores put a fifty dollard per pack tax on small cigars. how do we get this changed? price was 17.00 a carton now 70.00

By: jack fox

jack fox — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:30:06 +0000

found some charging 29.99 including tax same store?

By: Stogie Commentary: Obama’s Tobacco Tax Job Killer

Stogie Commentary: Obama’s Tobacco Tax Job Killer — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:05:13 +0000

[...] of the first acts of the Obama Presidency was to sign the SCHIP tax increase into law. That bill increased the tax on small cigars to $50 per 1,000 (up from $1.80) and increased the tax on [...]

By: Stogie News: Health Care Bill Unfairly Targets Smokers

Stogie News: Health Care Bill Unfairly Targets Smokers — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:23:01 +0000

[...] others that are guaranteed to cost more. This despite the fact that through the punitive SCHIP tax, smokers already pay more than their fair share of health care [...]

By: Richard Schulte

Richard Schulte — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:56:25 +0000

The government and President “Obeyme” have taken over the auto companies, the banks, and the insurance companies, so why not the cigar business. A Democratic president can’t rest until he gets his hand into your wallet pocket and takes out every friggin’buck he can grab hold of. Even Kennedy bought a bunch of Cuban stogies before he signed the economic ban ending trade with Cuba.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:30:35 +0000

will I have to pay per-cigar when I buy a box? or will they just tax them together?