Tobacco

S&M Brands Debuts Carnal Ecstasy

Adds eight new SKUs to LEX12 product line for 2015

KEYSVILLE, Va. -- S&M Brands Inc., one of Virginia's largest privately held growers, manufacturers and distributors of tobacco products, has added Carnal Ecstasy to its 2015 LEX12 product line. S&M Brands offers Carnal Ecstasy in all of its LEX12 product categories of cigars in regular and wides, e-liquids and vapor products.

S&M Brands Carnal Ecstasy tobacco cigars cigarettes (CSP Daily News / Convenience Stores / Gas Stations)

The line adds eight new retail SKUs in addition to the 105 retail SKUs that the company added in 2014.

"We are treating the LEX12 brand line as a whole new growth category in the industry. Our LEX12 products have enjoyed accelerated traction at the wholesale and retail levels showing growth in sales and profitability per unit," Steven Bailey, president of S&M Brands, said.

S&M Brands has been developing Carnal Ecstasy over the past two years to perfect the aroma of apricot blended with touches of a fine after-dinner drink.

The entire LEX12 product line is designed to appeal to its current customer base as well as the next generation of smoking enthusiasts. All LEX12 products are distinctively packaged in premium embossed tins with modern, colorful graphics, and Carnal Ecstasy will available in the following product lineup:

  • Carnal Ecstasy cigars in regular and wides in 12-count premium tins.
  • 4-count convenient grab n' go packs.
  • E-Sense disposable e-cigarettes.
  • E-Liquids available in five nicotine strengths: 0%, 0.6%, 1.2%, 1.8% and 2.4% for use in its popular LEX12 Staple E-Liquid vaporizer kit that is a rechargeable unit.

S&M Brands is owned and operated by the Bailey family, which has been in the tobacco business for five generations. It offers a full line of tobacco and vapor products. The company markets Bailey's, Tahoe and Riverside Cigarettes; roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco and pipe tobacco; filtered cigars under the LEX12 brand; and Avant Garde premium traditional cigars under the Cornelius and Anthony brand. Electronic cigarettes, e-liquids and vaping products are currently offered for Bailey's, Tahoe, Riverside, LEX12 and a new brand, Contact.

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