Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Legacy of cigar rolling in Tampa Bay area



(abcactionnews) Cigar rollers are the immigrants who helped Tampa earn its place in history as the Cigar Capital of the World.
There were 284 million cigars hand-rolled in 1906 alone.
The old photos of workers are fading and the factories may be gone, but for one Tampa cigar family, the love affair with cigars & the industry goes on.
"This is one of our humidors. We keep it pretty much at a temperature of 55 degrees, " said Arturo Fuente, the third generation operator of his family cigar business. Continued

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