Hav-A-Tampa

Hav-A-Tampa is a cigar brand currently owned by ITG Brands. It was founded in Tampa in 1902. With its slogan "Won't you Hav-A-Tampa cigar?", the company was one of a handful that propelled the city towards the nickname "Cigar City". Its signature product, the "Tampa Jewel" cigar, became widely distributed to service-members in Europe. The factory was located in Ybor City. In 1996, the year before the brand was sold to Tabacalera, the firm made $140 million on 859 million cigars. The company was merged into the new company Altadis in 1999, which was later sold to Imperial Tobacco. The Ybor factory was shuttered in 2009, the cigars are now rolled in Puerto Rico. The company was also the first to employ the wooden tip.^[1][2]

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