J.C. Newman Cigar Company
TypePrivate
IndustryCigar
Founded1895
HeadquartersTampa, Florida
Key people
Eric Newman President, Robert Newman Executive Vice President)
ProductsPremium, handmade cigars, humidors and cigar accessories
Website
logo of the Cuesta-Rey cigar

J.C. Newman Cigar Company was established in 1895 and is the oldest family-owned premium cigar maker in the United States.[1] It was founded in Cleveland, Ohio by Julius Caeser Newman, a Hungarian immigrant. The business relocated to a historic 1910 cigar factory (Regensburg cigar factory) in the Cigar City of Ybor City, Florida in 1954. The family business is now in its fourth generation of Newman ownership.

Company overview

J.C. Newman Cigar Company manufactures and distributes premium cigars. As a Hungarian immigrant, J.C. Newman rolled his first cigars in the family barn in Cleveland in 1895. In 1954, the company moved to Tampa's Ybor City cigar district to be closer to Cuba. J.C. Newman is also the worldwide distributor for Arturo Fuente cigars, except for Western Europe. Today, J.C. Newman's cigars are sold in 81 countries around the world.

Cigar brands

Dominican Republic cigars

Nicaraguan cigars

  • Alcazar
  • El Baton
  • Brick House
  • Don Jose
  • Don Seville
  • HavanaQ
  • Quorum
  • Perla Del Mar
  • Yagua

United States cigars

  • Decision
  • Factory Firsts
  • Factory Throwouts
  • Rigoletto
  • Tampa Trolleys
  • The American
  • Trader Jacks

Humidors and cigar accessories

Historic facts

The Tampa location, in January 2023
As of 2023, the 1930s machines remained in use

References

  1. "Tobacco.org news on America's oldest family-owned cigar company". Retrieved 2007-03-02.
  2. "First one to pack cigars in cellophane tubes". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
  3. Newman, Julius C.. Smoke Dreams: An Autobiography by... a True Pioneer in the Cigar Industry. United States: n.p., 1957. 39.
  4. "You Can Tour Tampa Newman Cigar Factory and Be Like Walking Back in Time". Retrieved 2020-12-28.
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