www.SaveCigarCity.com<\/a> for more information and to submit comments to the FDA. <\/p>\n\u201cPresident Trump campaigned on eliminating job-killing regulations that hurt small businesses and whose costs greatly outweigh the benefits,\u201d said Bobby Newman. \u201cThere is no better example of excessive government regulation than the regulation of premium cigars.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since the FDA decided to regulate premium cigars two years ago, new studies \u2014 funded and\/or authored by FDA staff \u2014 have found that children do not smoke premium cigars, premium cigars are smoked infrequently, premium cigars are distinct from other tobacco products, and smoking premium cigars does not significantly increase mortality. <\/p>\n
In 2014 when the FDA was first considering regulating premium cigars, J.C. Newman first launched \u201cSave Cigar City,\u201d which asked the FDA to recognize that premium cigars are unique and should be treated differently than cigarettes. More than 6,700 people submitted comments to the FDA in support of saving J.C. Newman\u2019s historic factory. Unfortunately, the FDA rejected these requests.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very grateful to Congresswoman Castor for her leadership in protecting Tampa\u2019s cigar heritage and home industry,\u201d said Drew Newman. „As this is a bipartisan issue, we also appreciate the support of lead Republican co-sponsor Congressman Bill Posey and as well as Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio, who are championing this effort in the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vicente Martinez Ybor brought the first cigar factory to Tampa in 1885. Many others followed and by 1920 there were 150 large cigar factories in Tampa that rolled more than 500 million cigars each year. The cigar industry fueled Tampa\u2019s growth and made Tampa world famous. Unfortunately, Tampa\u2019s other large cigar factories closed over the years and today J.C. Newman is the very last working cigar factory in Ybor City. J.C. Newman currently employs 135 people at El Reloj.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1895 by Julius Caeser Newman, J.C. Newman Cigar Company is the oldest family-owned premium cigar maker in America. J.C. Newman rolls its El Reloj, Factory Throwouts, and Trader Jacks cigars by hand-operated, vintage cigar machines at its historic cigar factory in Tampa, Florida. It also hand rolls its Brick House, Perla del Mar, El Baton, and Quorum cigars at the J.C. Newman PENSA cigar factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. J.C. Newman\u2019s Diamond Crown, MAXIMUS, Julius Caeser, and Black Diamond cigars are handmade by Tabacalera A. Fuente in the Dominican Republic. With its longtime partners the Fuente family, the Newmans founded the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, which supports low-income families in the Dominican Republic with education, health care, vocational training, and clean water.<\/p>\n
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