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644 it. O. Dun Claea l:ogl•oa.rtoN, Ltnw, Ohiq January 31,1070. Mr. CARL 1inRUER, Sr., John Bcrpcr ,f tlun Company, Cincinnatl, Ohio. Dran CAnL< I will not lie ahte to attend the forthcoming CMA meeting In \ewYorktnxuuncIhnvcpreviounlymndeplntia.-I knuwyourUluimdttee will be meeting, trying to arrive at a new definition for n rignr which will be uceeptnhle to oll comtmnlex. Speaking for the It. O. Ilnu Cigar Curiwrallmt, we would Drefer Ihe old definition be used whlch I Irelleve was about nn (ollawx: 'Any rull of tobacco wral><wd ln toixlcai I realize thnt many people In the hulunlry will not agree with this definition but we ut It. C. Lun belleve the aoone_r the cigar hWunlry nepuratea Itxelf dellultlou-wia_e frum cigurelteu-Brc better it wlll be for the Induatry. _Yery trnly 1'oure,. CLIFFORD J. AIABOA, Preetdtxt, B. O. Dun Cigar Corporation. CONNRm'IC1lT VALLEY CIGARS, F. D. CaAY6I[ gON, INC. New Ifaven, Oonn., February 8, 1972. Mr. CARI. BRROae, Cincinnall, Ohio. Ue.AR CARL: Thank you for your rnll last week at which time we dlecuased the problem of a dehnillon of n"clgar" vereue "cigarette". Thix Ix nh area that line troubled na for nome tlme. "Cigar" na we know it In nn easily damtcd uud ideutided pnxtnct. 'Phia is opyoanl tn newer products on the antrket Ix•itlg InbelLYl "c'igarn" ImtaM ntrlkingly nlnlihlr in eiaee and ahain, to IrndlOunnl "Cignreltee" und are packaged, dlnpluyed and promoted In a 'Flgnrctle' wnnner. We feel thut tmlexx a clixlinetlunlx tnnde, we tnle cigar tnnkerx will xnffer by axROclatiun lit the publir udnd. 'Phe tntdillumll dellnltiun uf a"dgar" Iwing tulmlxn rolled In tobncrn and a "cigarette" heing tobneca Inlica In pnin'r wnuld be iinr chnice nCdelinltlona. A product lucking n leaf wrnplwr le not it clgar.-- -- One ndditiunul point. An various i4lnten get more denln!rate for revenue this whole Inxue uf\vhatlnu cigar and whut In n cigarette gete critical. God forbid we all get tonxell into the Nntne I/Itg and taxed nut nf bll6ineMn--I/LMaune we cvndd'nt agree nnd recognize the abvlmm. Onod luck, Carl, you have taken otr an important task. 191ut•erely, hlr. CAay O. BeROaR RiCKA9a M. O1uY& Proe/dent. IIqLn CIGAR COMPANY, Oinoinnatt, OA/o, February ./. 197t. Chairman oJ Special Committee of the C M A Board, Ctncinnu/f, Ohfn. DEAR CARL: In regard to your ConverYtlon pertaining to what our thinking nf the degnltlun of a cigar ahould be, we wish to xtate thnt we teel that the old definition from the Revenue Code nlmuld be retalned, that In: "Cigar" ximll mean any roll nf tobacco wratqad In tobacco. We nlno feel that the new definition as amended July 1, 1985, eshould or could be chmtgnl to read c "Cigar" means any roll of tobacco, wrapped 1n a leaf tobacco or in any sub- stance contaln/ng tolmLm; the-wru)N!er being rolled In a epiral method. We renliae that-It 1H time-Ilmt the cigar Industry should have a definition that w'ould distinguish it tnnn the cigarette. Wixhing you nureeew in your endeavor ta get a clear definition. Until we hear from you, we remaln Very. Irnly yuurx, 7h1UMAa B. ACNWRRR, Bmec Pfne-PrrR/dent. i Mr. CARL Bnaana, JtiAn 1loryer dNon, Cincinnati, Ohio. 645 Taa S. Gnanca & eone Cc., Wllkee-Burre, Pa., January 31, 197L. Ih:An CARL: Thlp is wlth reference to the Cammittee of which you are ehetr- man whose rexponalhlllty it Ia tn define a cigar. It le our opinion that cignre ahould lie dellmvl as a roll or tobacco, rolled wlth homogenized binder or natu- ral binder, finally over-rolled wllh tobacco. - We xlmll he anxlous to know how the committee acts and which decision ie uutde by the C.M.A. ' With all best regards, I nm, ' Nlmrrvly, Euwrn LtcnTlo, Jr., The 9. Frleder d gans Co. CoaRAL, WonranA Y CA., INC. Tampa, Fta., February I, 1978. Mt. CARL H6WP.g, Cincinnat/, Ohio. InnR CARL: In the opinion of this grm, the proper definition of a cigar le the nne unedfnr many, many yearn In the industry. I refer to the definition of a cigar as e"roll of tobacco wrapped In a leaf of tobacuo." In our opinlon, this definition deRcrlbea best luat what u-clgar is. - - - -- - - rilmrrely yaurn, . . JAMES J• tbaul. Pretident. E. WAnf1xKANe & BON, INC., Bridgeport, Conn., Fcbruary 3. 1978. Mr. CARL Beaoas, G4ncinnati, Ohio. Dua 9IR: What to a cigar? That Ix the question to be answered, ae we knon- lt, In fact: - A cigar In made of all tobacco wWch In first a bunch (or portion of nmull tohacco pleceR or leaves) contained and rolled lnto a larger tobacco leaf known ux the binder. The huhch7n rolled with-anotlier leaf of tobacco for the out.. side wrupper. . Pertaining then to the ahort definition af a"dgar" aw used by the I.R.B. about "A cigar is a roll of tobacco In a tobacco leafl' This In our belief holds close to the fact of what uukea a clgar-a "cigar". Yours very truly, Mr. CARL Buaoax, . Olnoinna0, OMo. . . H. H. WALaH. gecretery. VtLLAZOIr & COMPANY, Inc., Tampa, Fla„ February 10, 1072. IhcAa Ma. Buauxs: Pleaee pardon the delay In writing to you regarding tlre definition of elgara, aa we were trying to get an uld copy of the Tobuceo Tax Oulde which we )uxt received. - Please he advised that we favor the deMltlnn, an It apinwra In thle copy namely; "Any rall nf tobua:o wrapped In tobacco". With very beet wishes, I remain • Yours very truly, . F'a,tNK LWIIxxA. gTATR DxrrNITIONa 9r CmARR The following cigar taxing Rtatea do not define "cigare": Alabama, ArknnenR, Hawail, Iowa, D,Ilnnesota, Mlnxlnnlppl, Montana, New Hamiw,hlre, Rhode In- Innd, South Carollna, Utah, Vermont, and Washington. .. i g S6~869~ 0(~Z i o~,2cq sia5G