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Sigmund

Lifer
Sep 17, 2023
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26,699
France
I really tried hard to like it. I kept putting it away and revisiting it…still nothing…with filter, without…I did taste something but it wasn’t appealing at all

Obviously it does it for some folks or it wouldn’t be made…oh well

Imdo think he hit the ball out of the park with Quiet Nights.
 

PipeIT

Lifer
Nov 14, 2020
5,013
30,106
Hawaii
I just need to rant for the Irish! Seriously Peterson, an Irish Pipe Institute, and the Irish have terrible tobacco laws and no tobacco in Ireland! This is ridiculous! 😔

Seriously, if I lived near Peterson, my Irish Ass would be over there, trying to understand how to turn this around in Ireland!

An Irishman with a pipe and struggling to buy pipe tobacco, doesn’t sound right to me! 😞

What bloody next, going to take a decent, hardworking Irishman’s Pint away too! 🤔

So sorry to hear!

P.S. @swilford with SPC owning Peterson, anything in Ireland being done to turn this all around? 🤔

So sad too that SPC EU can’t find a way to sell tobacco for the EU. :(

 
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anotherbob

Lifer
Mar 30, 2019
16,561
31,021
46
In the semi-rural NorthEastern USA
I just need to rant for the Irish! Seriously Peterson, an Irish Pipe Institute, and the Irish have terrible tobacco laws and no tobacco in Ireland! This is ridiculous! 😔

Seriously, if I lived near Peterson, my Irish Ass would be over there, trying to understand how to turn this around in Ireland!

An Irishman with a pipe and struggling to buy pipe tobacco, doesn’t sound right to me! 😞

What bloody next, going to take a decent, hardworking Irishman’s Pint away too! 🤔

So sorry to hear!

P.S. @swilford with SPC owning Peterson, anything in Ireland being done to turn this all around? 🤔

So sad too that SPC EU can’t find a way to sell tobacco for the EU. :(

Irish tobacco laws seem pretty standard. If they have a problem getting pipe tobacco it's cause not enough people are buying it.
 
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Hutch Piper

(Hutch1904)
Mar 12, 2022
294
2,529
Charlotte, NC
Fillmore and Sixpence.
If you like rum, I actually prefer Navigator to Windjammer.

Straight burleys aren’t my jam but I do like imperial dark leaf.

I’ve no opinion for you on English or lat blends as they’re not my jam either.
Windjammer and Navigator are different beasts. I love them both. Yes, both have a mild dose of rum as a topping. That about ends the comparison 😃
 
Oct 9, 2024
21
100
Ireland
I just need to rant for the Irish! Seriously Peterson, an Irish Pipe Institute, and the Irish have terrible tobacco laws and no tobacco in Ireland! This is ridiculous! 😔

Seriously, if I lived near Peterson, my Irish Ass would be over there, trying to understand how to turn this around in Ireland!

An Irishman with a pipe and struggling to buy pipe tobacco, doesn’t sound right to me! 😞

What bloody next, going to take a decent, hardworking Irishman’s Pint away too! 🤔

So sorry to hear!

P.S. @swilford with SPC owning Peterson, anything in Ireland being done to turn this all around? 🤔

So sad too that SPC EU can’t find a way to sell tobacco for the EU. :(


Appreciate your passion! The Peterson pipe shop in Dublin doesn't even sell tobacco (probably because the prices would be a embarrassment). Unfortunately the problem isn't so much the EU but the Irish government. The taxation on tobacco is absolutely extortionate. The plan is to slowly eliminate tobacco use while making as much as possible from smokers in the meantime. A 50g tin of pipe tobacco is currently over 40 euro / 43 USD (no packaging art and the selection is abominable). No idea how much a pack of cigarettes is but its around 20 euro. Keep in mind, Irish salaries are a lot lower that US salaries, plus we have one of the highest cost of living in Europe. Germany manages to sell plenty of tobacco at relatively affordable prices, so it's absolutely possible under EU law.
All of this to say: pipe tobacco is technically available here but it's no wonder no one is buying it.

Rant over (i'm off to remortgage the house for a pouch of Clan)