Fumée Inc. is a cigar media and online retailer based in Cedar Park, Texas

Cedar Park, Texas

Cedar Park is a city in Travis and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population is 48,937. The city is a major suburb of Austin, the center of which is approximately to the southeast, although Austin directly borders Cedar Park at the latter's...

. It sells premium cigars and distributes cigar related media through their website. It was founded in 2006 by Heather (Waibel) Haddad and incorporated in Texas in 2007. Fumée is notable in that it is one of the few cigar related companies headed by a woman, (others include Heavenly Cigars founded by Heather L. Phillips and Up Down Cigar owned by Diana Silvius).

Unlike many brick and mortar operations that since the late 1990s have become online merchants, Fumée's goal is the opposite, they started as an e-commerce operation with the stated goal of branching into the brick and mortar business. In 2006 Heather (Waibel) Haddad campaigned against Proposition 86 of California that would have raised tobacco taxes in the state.

Fumée Inc. also produces a podcast that interviews industry insiders. These have included Rocky Patel of Indian Tabac, Charlie Toraño of Toraño Cigars, Alan Rubin of Alec Bradley

Alec Bradley

Alec Bradley is the name of a popular brand of handmade cigars established in 1996 by Alan Rubin, the son of an importer of hardware supplies. Rubin launched his brand, named after his children, at the tail end of the cigar boom of the 1990s and entered a clogged market...

, Ernesto Padilla

Ernesto Padilla

Ernesto Padilla is a Cuban-American artist, graphic designer, and cigar maker. He is the son of Cuban poet, Heberto Padilla.-Early life:...

 of Padilla Cigars, Kinky Friedman

Kinky Friedman

Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman is an American Texas Country singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election...

 of Kinky Friedman Cigars, Steve Saka of Drew Estate, and David Blanco of Los Blancos Cigars. The podcast has been named by the blog The Mind of Men as one of their favorites.

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• List of cigar brands
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• JR Cigars
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