General Policies

  • Tobacco Plus, Inc. does not sell products to anyone under the age of 21.

  • Tobacco Plus, Inc. does not ship products to South Dakota and Utah.

  • Shipping delivery times are estimates and are not guaranteed unless otherwise noted.

  • Certain items, such as over-sized merchandise, may require additional shipping charges.

  • Any such charges will be noted during the checkout process prior to submitting your order.

Sales Taxes

We are required to collect and remit sales tax in the following states. Remittance of any taxes on orders shipped outside of these states is the responsibility of the purchaser.

  • Alabama

  • Arkansas

  • Arizona

  • California

  • Colorado

  • Connecticut

  • Florida

  • Georgia

  • Hawaii

  • Idaho

  • Illinois

  • Indiana

  • Iowa

  • Kansas

  • Kentucky

  • Louisiana

  • Maine

  • Maryland

  • Massachusetts

  • Michigan

  • Minnesota

  • Mississippi

  • Nebraska

  • New Jersey

  • New Mexico

  • New York

  • Nevada

  • North Carolina

  • North Dakota

  • Ohio

  • Oklahoma

  • Pennsylvania

  • Rhode Island

  • South Carolina

  • Tennessee

  • Texas

  • Vermont

  • Virginia

  • Washington

  • Washington DC

  • West Virginia

  • Wisconsin

  • Wyoming

Excise Taxes

Maryland

Effective October 1, 2019, the State of Maryland will be imposing an Excise Tax on all tobacco products sold by online retailers to Maryland customers. Please note that this excise tax is in addition to the Maryland sales/use tax already imposed on tobacco products sold to Maryland customers.

The Maryland Excise Tax rate will differ depending on the type of tobacco product sold: 

- Premium cigars will be taxed at 15% of the wholesale price, which would equate to an average retail price increase of 7-9%.

- Pipe tobacco will be taxed at 30% of the wholesale price, which would equate to an average retail price increase of 15-20%.

Ohio

Effective October 16, 2019, the State of Ohio will be imposing an Excise Tax on all tobacco products delivered to Ohio customers. Please note that this excise tax is in addition to the Ohio use tax already imposed on tobacco products delivered to Ohio customers. 

The Ohio Excise Tax rate will differ depending on the type of tobacco product purchased: 

- Most premium cigars (and all pipe tobacco) will be taxed at 17% of the wholesale price, which would equate to an average retail price increase of 8-11% with a maximum of fifty three cents ($.53) per premium cigar. 

- Most little cigars with a filter or tip will be taxed at 37% of the wholesale price, which would equate to an average retail price increase of 25-30%

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania imposes an Excise Tax on “small cigars” shipped to customers based in Pennsylvania. Specifically, small cigars weighing 4lb per 1000 or less, not in carton packs, and not containing 20 to 25 sticks per pack will be taxed at $0.13 per cigar. 

Please note, we cannot ship to Pennsylvania customers any small cigars weighing 4lb per 1000 or less packed in cartons that contain 20 to 25 sticks per pack.

All Pennsylvania-based retailers are required to pay an excise tax on loose or pipe tobacco at the rate of 55 cents ($0.55) per ounce, with a minimum excise tax per package of 66 cents ($0.66). Rather than pass the entire tax on to our customers, we have decided to charge only 30 cents ($0.30) per ounce. As a courtesy to our customers, Cigars International will pay the remaining 25 cents ($0.25) per ounce excise tax imposed by Pennsylvania.