Tampa's "Cigar City: roots run deep. J.C. Newman Cigar Company, located in Ybor, played a key role in this history, with the El Reloj cigar factory dating back to 1910.

Today, JC Newman Cigars Co is still handrolling cigars the old fashioned way. They offer daily tours of the historic El Reloj factory where visitors can explore a museum, see how the cigars are made, and learn about the early cigarmakers that built Tampa's workforce and who helped Ybor earn the title of "Cigar Capital of the World".