I dont smoke cigarettes but Im a big cigar smoker, I actually just started my second job as a rep for an up and coming cigar company but with this new tax its going to be very hard to get shops to pickup a new brand since most will be fighting just to survive now. Its the same deal online with cigars as it is cigarettes though, even before the tax that was approved yesterday cigars were very expensive in NY, I can buy online for about 1/3 of the price but I also like to support the little guys so I purchase from local shops very often as well. A cigar I can get online for $3-4 will probably cost $13-16 in a NY shop come August 1, its insane.