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| | Cigar Aficionado | Daily Cigar News | Swedish Match Acquires UST Cigar Unit |
 | | Swedish Match AB, the world's second largest cigar company, announced today that it was acquiring U.S. Cigar Sales Inc., UST's cigar subsidiary. |
 | | Gierer stated that the cigar unit was not consistent with UST's vision as a smokeless tobacco company, which goes by the motto "We're not smoke." Swedish Match has a much greater presence in the cigar business. |
 | | Swedish Match owns El Credito Cigars, the makers of La Gloria Cubana and El Rico Habano cigars, and the company also owns 64 percent of General Cigar Holdings Inc., the owners and makers of such venerable brands as Macanudo, Partagas, Punch and Hoyo de Monterrey. |
| www.winespectator.com /Cigar/CA_Daily/CA_Daily_News/0,2342,942,00.html (438 words) |
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