Tantus Tobacco Launches its Company as Kentucky Cigarette Manufacturer

Source from:  RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE) Tantus Tobacco--Sept. 27, 2005 09/28/2005

Tantus's High-Quality Tobacco Provides Premium Quality Cigarettes and Little Cigars Tantus Tobacco, a Kentucky-based premium burley cigarette manufacturer, is announcing its line of tobacco products, which includes Berley cigarettes and Red Buck little cigars. Introduced to the market today, these products include premium toasted Kentucky burley tobaccos and provide high-quality cigarettes and little cigars. "We are proud to offer adults a cigarette and little cigar that is Kentucky made and is made with the highest-quality premium Kentucky burley," says Brian Cooper, President of Tantus Tobacco. "Our products give adult smokers an alternative to purchasing premium brands without giving up quality at an affordable cost to the consumer." Tantus Tobacco's products are now being sold at local convenience stores and tobacco stores throughout Kentucky and should be in full distribution by December of 2005. The company plans on expanding its distribution beyond Kentucky in the future. Its products consist of Berley premium toasted tobacco cigarettes, designed as an alternative to the premium, well-known brands on the market today with pricing of the products at $14.99-$16.99 a carton and $1.59 a pack. In addition, the company is offering Red Buck premium tobacco little cigars that will retail around $7.99-$9.99 a carton and $0.99 a pack. Cooper states that many of its new customers cannot believe how much Tantus' products taste like the premium, branded cigarettes of today. "Don't let the price fool you," Cooper states. "These products are of the highest quality, toasted tobaccos--the blend results in a slow burning premium toasted tobacco with a smooth taste and finish." Tantus Tobacco has built a state-of-the-art facility in Russell Springs, Kentucky, where the manufacturing of the cigarettes and little cigars takes place. "As the states, and especially Kentucky, are adjusting to the dramatic cigarette tax increase in early June, the pricing of cigarettes has become a very important issue," says Cooper. "Tobacco is a pillar of Kentucky's heritage, and by offering our product at a value price we are able to continue this heritage with our premium toasted tobaccos." For additional information about Tantus Tobacco, please call 1-866-747-0010. Enditem