Flor de Ybor City Cigars

(CigarCyclopedia) Most American premium cigar smokers are well aware of the dramatic story of Arturo Fuente, who left Cuba in 1906 and founded his own cigar company in Tampa in 1912. His son, Carlos, has become a legend in the cigar industry and with his son Carlito, has shepherded the company into the 21st Century. But Arturo Fuente had another, older son, Arturo Jr., who left the leadership of the Fuente cigar business to Carlos, but continued to assist with operations in Tampa until production in the old Charles The Great factory ended in 1994. He then opened the Tampa Sweethearts Cigar Co. retail store in the same building. Continued