Swisher to lay off 15 percent of workforce at Jacksonville cigar manufacturing plant

(jacksonville.com) About 15 percent of the workforce at Jacksonville-based Swisher International cigar manufacturers will be losing their jobs over the next few weeks. ... The Swisher operations make millions of cigars daily, perhaps most famously the Swisher Sweet cigar that is popular and sold on a mass scale at everything from convenience stores, grocery stores, bars and night clubs.
Creasman acknowledged company officials instituted the layoffs directly due to government regulation and taxes in the United States and some operations are being relocated to the Dominican Republic. Continued