Aficionado's Cigar and Pipe Shop

Operation: Cigars For Warriors January donations.

Friends, Edleez need your help! You may remember this past October 1st, when the 2020 NY State Budget increased the tax on your favorite premium cigars to 75%. ...That was hard enough. The proposal in the 2021 budget increases that amount to 129%. This means higher operating costs for the store, and higher prices for you. To put this in perspective, the proposed tax on legalized marijuana in the state is only 20%. Neighboring states like Connecticut and Pennsylvania have hard caps on their premium cigar taxes: no more than .50 a stick. Edleez has been a proud member of the Capital District community for nearly four decades. We are a family-owned and operated small business, and one of many premium tobacco shops in the region and around the state that will be irreparably harmed by this tax proposal. So we are asking youour friends, neighbors, and valued customersto write your local representatives and ask them to remove this tax from the budget. Tell them it will hurt small business new and old in your community, explain your passion for the product, and help us continue to serve you. Included below are links to find your local state Assemblymen and Senator’s contact information. Please feel free to share this post on your own page and spread the word. Thank you, now and always, for your kindness and support. -Edleez Tobacco https://nyassembly.gov/mem/search/ https://www.nysenate.gov/find-my-senator

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Operation: Cigars for Warriors December Donations. We collected 35 cigars and 1 ounce of pipe tobacco and a check for $365.00 which was the proceeds from our Christmas Raffle. I can't thank all of you great customers enough for helping us support our troops.

Congratulations Claudia... you did it. Michael is a lucky man and we raised $365 for Cigars for Warriors. Thanks to our great customers for making all this happen. Merry Christmas