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'''Leavitt & Peirce''' is a [[Harvard Square]] [[Tobacconist|tobacconist]] open since 1883.<ref name="Joe">{{cite news |last1=Halpern |first1=Joe |title=Leavitt & Peirce refuses to be snuffed out by smoking laws |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/feature/leavitt-peirce-refuses-to-be-snuffed-out-by.html |access-date=16 November 2022 |publisher=Boston Business Journal |date=October 9, 2015}}</ref>  The ''Harvard Crimson'' (in 1956) said it is the “last remnant of the "old Harvard."”<ref>{{cite news |title=Leavitt and Peirce Changes Hands, but Old Traditions Stay |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1956/10/27/leavitt-and-peirce-changes-hands-but/ |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=Harvard Crimson |date=October 27, 1956}}</ref> ''Forbes'' listed the store at number eight in the list of 2019 top ten independent retail experiences.<ref>{{cite web |title=Congratulations Leavitt & Peirce! |url=https://live-harvard-square.pantheonsite.io/congratulations-leavitt-peirce/ |website=Harvard Square Business Association |access-date=16 November 2022}}</ref>

Various issues, such as Cambridge requiring customers to be 21, a 40% excise tax and smoking being illegal in many indoor settings have forced them to rethink their business model.  They now sell non tobacco related merchandise such as “top-shelf toiletry items and classic board games.”<ref name="Joe" />

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