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Clove Cigarettes Banned: Enter Clove 'Small Cigars'

FDA, importer disagree over definition of a cigarette

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 27, 2009 4:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – For one California importer of smokes, an awful lot has come to rest on the precise definition of a cigar. After a ban on clove cigarettes went into effect last month, Kretek International slyly began importing Djarum-brand clove “small cigars." They're quite similar... Read full story »

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Clove Cigarettes Banned: Enter Clove 'Small Cigars'

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