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Re: Breaking Cigar News
Steve Saka is not going to comply with California's new UTL (unflavored tobacco list) regulations which could make it difficult or impossible to find DTT cigars here next year.
More on Calif. UTL here: https://halfwheel.com/california-approves-unflavored-tobacco-list-plans/454080/
Quote from Steve Saka's Instagram.
DTT is choosing to not register our handmade puros for sale in the State of California per their recently enacted UTL regulations.
There are a variety of reasons: annoying cost, an unreasonable application process, their “you will bend the knee” attitude, but the biggest reason is I refuse to establish any legal corporate or tax nexus with the State of California - their Government is punitive, unreasonable and litigious against business in general, being in tobacco it is far worse
We are also removing their, imo, factually incorrect Prop 65 Warning Labels from all future boxes.
As of 1/1/2026, our handcrafted puros will be illegal, contraband goods in the State of California.
Our in-state Purveyors have been notified.
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I understand most companies of any reasonable size are likely to comply, that is their prerogative and I don’t fault them for doing so.
However for DTT, I choose to abide by my principles over commercial concerns.
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