J. C. Newman Cigar Company

J.C. Newman Cigar Company
Type	Private
Industry	Cigar
Founded	1895
Headquarters	Tampa, Florida
Key people	Eric Newman President, Robert Newman Executive Vice President)
Products	Premium, handmade cigars, humidors and cigar accessories
Website	www.cigarfamily.com

J.C. Newman Cigar Company is the oldest family-owned premium cigar maker in the United States.^[1] Founded in 1895 in Cleveland, Ohio, the J.C. Newman four-generation cigar family's business is located in a historic 1910 cigar factory in the Cigar City of Tampa, Florida.

1 Company overview
2 Cigar brands
3 Humidors and cigar accessories
4 Historic facts
5 References
6 External links

Company overview

Founded in 1895, the J.C. Newman Cigar Company is a four-generation family business that 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 80 countries around the world.

Cigar brands

Dominican Republic cigars

Cuesta-Rey
Diamond Crown
Diamond Crown Maximus
Diamond Crown Julius Caeser
La Unica
Rigoletto

Honduran cigars

Don Jose
Trader Jacks

Nicaraguan cigars

El Baton
Brick House
Alcazar
Quorum

United States cigars

Rigoletto

Humidors and cigar accessories

Diamond Crown, made by Reed & Barton
Craftsman's Bench

Historic facts

J.C. Newman was the first to package cigars in cellophane tubes, now an industry standard, to protect cigars and keep them fresh.^[2]
After the Cuban embargo, J.C. Newman introduced Cameroon tobacco to the United States
The Cuesta-Rey Cigar Bar at Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, is the first cigar bar in Major League Baseball.
J.C. Newman operates small, private cigar museum on the first floor of its historic Tampa factory.
In 2001, the Newman family joined the Fuente family in creating the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has raised over $3 million to build schools, medical clinics, farms, and sports and recreation facilities to help the poor children of the Dominican Republic.

References

^ "Tobacco.org news on America's oldest family-owned cigar company". http://www.tobacco.org/News/98.01_webnews.html. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
^ "First one to pack cigars in cellophane tubes". http://www.robbreport.com/Articles/Leisure/Smoke/Smoke-Newmans-Own.asp. Retrieved 2007-03-02.