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{{Infobox company |
  name   = J.C. Newman Cigar Company |
  logo   = |
  type   = [[Public company|Private]]|
  foundation     = 1895|
  location       = [[Tampa, Florida]]|
  key_people     = Eric Newman [[President (corporate title)|President]], Robert Newman [[Executive Vice President]])|
  industry       = [[Cigar]]|
  products       = Premium, handmade cigars, humidors and cigar accessories|
  homepage       = [http://www.jcnewman.com]
}}
[[Image:La Flor De Cuesta Rey.png|right|thumb|250px|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tobacco.org/News/98.01_webnews.html|title= Tobacco.org news on America's oldest family-owned cigar company|accessdate = 2007-03-02}}</ref> 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 American|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, Tampa, Florida|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===
*[[Cuesta-Rey]]
*[[Diamond Crown (cigar brand)|Diamond Crown]]
*Diamond Crown Black Diamond
*[[Diamond Crown Maximus (cigar brand)|Diamond Crown Maximus]]
*Diamond Crown Julius Caeser
*La Unica

===Nicaraguan cigars===
*Alcazar
*El Baton
*[[Brick House (cigar)|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==
* 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robbreport.com/Articles/Leisure/Smoke/Smoke-Newmans-Own.asp |title=First one to pack cigars in cellophane tubes |accessdate=2007-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928224513/http://www.robbreport.com/Articles/Leisure/Smoke/Smoke-Newmans-Own.asp |archivedate=September 28, 2007 }}</ref>
* J.C. Newman was a director of the Cigar Manufacturers Association of American in the 1940s. <ref>Newman, Julius C.. Smoke Dreams: An Autobiography by... a True Pioneer in the Cigar Industry. United States: n.p., 1957. 39.</ref>
* After the [[United States embargo against Cuba]] began, J.C. Newman introduced [[Cameroon]] tobacco to the United States.
* The Cuesta-Rey Cigar Bar at [[Tropicana Field]], home of the [[Tampa Bay Rays]], was the first [[cigar bar]] in [[Major League Baseball]].
* J.C. Newman operates [http://www.aviewofamerica.com/Florida/Attractions/JCNewmanCigarCompany/jcnewmancigarcompany.htm cigar museum] on the first floor of its historic Tampa factory.
* In 2001, the Newman family joined the [[Arturo Fuente|Fuente]] family in creating the [http://www.cf-cf.org 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]].
* J.C. Newman utilizes antique, hand-operated ARENCO and [[American Machine and Foundry]] cigarmaking machines from the 1930's in its Tampa factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/history/2020/12/28/you-can-tour-tampas-newman-cigar-factory-and-be-like-walking-back-in-time/ |title=You Can Tour Tampa Newman Cigar Factory and Be Like Walking Back in Time|accessdate=2020-12-28 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cigarfamily.com Cigar Family -- Official Website]
*[http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/Cigar_Stars_Profile/0,2547,136,00.html Cigar Aficionado Interview with Stanford J. Newman]
*[http://cigarafficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2812,723,00.html 100 Years of Cigar Making]
*[https://www.jcnewman.com/our-family/ J.C. Newman Official Website -- Company History]

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