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                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                      WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                             FORM 8-A

   FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO
   SECTION 12(B) OR 12(G) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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                 CONSOLIDATED CIGAR HOLDINGS INC.
      (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

                 DELAWARE                              13-3694743
        (STATE OF INCORPORATION OR                  (I.R.S. EMPLOYEE
               ORGANIZATION)                       IDENTIFICATION NO.)

         5900 NORTH ANDREWS AVENUE
                 SUITE 700
         FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)              33309-2369
                                                       (ZIP CODE)

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If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt scurities and is
effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1) please check the
following box. |_|

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General
Instruction A(c)(2) please check the following box. |_|

 SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:

   TITLE OF EACH CLASS         NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH
   TO BE SO REGISTERED         EACH CLASS IS TO BE REGISTERED

  CLASS A COMMON STOCK,            NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
 PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
    (TITLE OF CLASS)


 SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF THE ACT:

                               NONE
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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered

           Reference is made to the section entitled "Description of Capital
Stock" contained in the Registrant's Prospectus in the form to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which
Prospectus will constitute a part of the Registrant's Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (No. 333-6819), as amended, and is incorporated herein by
reference.


Item 2. Exhibits

           The securities to be registered are to be registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on the
New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"), on which no other securities of the
Registrant are registered. Accordingly, the following exhibits required in
accordance with Part II to the instructions as to exhibits to a Registration
Statement on Form 8-A have been duly filed with the NYSE (but are not filed
with or incorporated by reference in copies of this Registration Statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission):

1.    Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-6819), filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 1996 and Amendment
      No. 1 thereto filed July 30, 1996.

4.1   Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.

4.2   Form of Amended and Restated By-Laws of Registrant.

4.3   Form of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant and Mafco
      Consolidated Group Inc.

5.    Specimen of Registrant's Class A Common Stock Certificate.




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                            SIGNATURES

           Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this amendment to the
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.

                     CONSOLIDATED CIGAR HOLDINGS INC.



                     By: /s/ GLENN P. DICKES
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                           Name:  Glenn P. Dickes
                           Title: Vice President
Dated:  July 30, 1996


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