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Jump to full article: KCRG-TV9 ABC (Cedar Rapids, IA), 2010-07-31
Author: Dave DeWitte, Reporter
Intro: Filtered cigars that resemble cigarettes in appearance, if not taste, are fast gaining appeal with smokers struggling under budgets strained by tobacco tax hikes.
For $1.28, shoppers at the Cigarette Outlet, 1404 First Ave. NE, could pick up a pack of 20 Wrangler brand filtered cigars last week, one of several brands available.
The filtered cigars come in a 20-pack about the size of a cigarette package, and are similar in appearance. But they cost $2.48-per-pack less than one of the more popular budget cigarette brands, Hy-Val. They’re priced a stunning $4.30-per-pack less than Marlboro, one of the mainstay cigarette brands after tax.
“These (filtered cigars) have blown up in the last six or seven months,” said Andrew Beaupre, manager of the Cigarette Oulet on First Avenue. ”I mean, they’re $1.27! “Who’s not willing to try something new for $1.27 with what they’re paying for cigarettes?”
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