The Havana Group, Inc. Retains Piedmont Consulting, Inc. for Investor Relations.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ --

The Havana Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: HVGP), a direct marketer, and Internet business specializing in smoking pipes, tobaccos, cigars and related accessories, announced today it has retained the services of Piedmont Consulting, Inc. to assist the Company with its overall investor relations activities.

Piedmont Consulting, Inc. is an investor relations firm based in Atlanta, Georgia that specializes in proactively working with emerging growth companies.

Commenting on retaining Piedmont's services, William L. Miller, CEO of The Havana Group said, "We look forward to working with Piedmont Consulting, especially with the dramatic growth we are now experiencing with our various businesses. We feel our stock is very undervalued and look forward to additional exposure to financial markets with the assistance of Piedmont Consulting, Inc."

About The Havana Group

The Havana Group, Inc. is a direct marketer of tobacco products which include tobaccos, smoking pipes, make-your-own cigarettes, cigars, and smoking accessories which it sells through catalogs with annual circulation of over 500,000 and through its website www.smokecheap.com . The Company also manufacturers its own patented line of smoking pipes which it produces at its production facility in Bristow, Oklahoma. In August of 2000, The Havana Group, Inc. acquired Phillips & King International, Inc., a California based wholesale distributor of cigars, pipes, tobaccos and smoking accessories which currently markets to 2400 active customers through a direct sales force and through its Internet website http://www.pkcigar.com .

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