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This Tampa cigar factory is now the last operational one in the country

J.C. Newman Cigar Co. was founded in Cleveland in 1895 and moved to Tampa in 1954.

The 129-year-old J.C. Newman Cigar Co., inside Ybor City’s El Regensburg Cigar Factory, learned recently that they now run the last operational cigar factory in the nation. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]

Paul Guzzo is a former culture reporter.

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