he Tampa Smokers were a beloved minor league baseball team that played in Tampa from 1919 to 1954 — a franchise that embodied the city's dual identity as both a baseball town and the self-proclaimed Cigar Capital of the World. For more than a century, J.C. Newman has celebrated the tradition of baseball and cigars, and the Tampa Smokers cigar line is the fullest expression of that celebration yet — a handcrafted tribute to a team, a city, and the traditions that made both legendary.
In 2026, J.C. Newman is the official cigar of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission — America250 — the federal government's official celebration of the country's 250th anniversary. Every cigar rolling off the El Reloj line in 2026 carries the America250 band, making the Tampa Smokers a genuinely historic smoke for a genuinely historic year.
- Wrapper: Ecuadorian Shade (Connecticut-Seed)
- Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf — U.S.A.
- Filler: Latin America (Undisclosed)
