When in December 2016, Dunhill Tobacco of London made the strategic decision to withdraw from the handmade cigar and pipe tobacco market in 2017, Tor Imports Ltd made a successful approach to purchase the bestselling Charatan brand from them rather than leave the brand to die off.
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Tor has worked closely with their Pipe Tobacco manufacturing partner to test replica blends with pipe clubs around Europe and the UK with a view to launching a  Charatan Pipe Tobacco range that could replace a now redundant International brand.