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Home News Hav-a-Tampa cigars closing Tampa plant

Hav-a-Tampa cigars closing Tampa plant

Tuesday, June 23 2009

By MICHAEL SASSO |

The company announced the closing today.

Many employees there make Hav-A-Tampa's iconic Jewels, inexpensive machine-made cigars known for their birchwood tips. Some workers have labored there for two decades or longer, including one who's been there for 50 years, said Richard McKenzie, a senior vice president of human resources for Altadis USA, which owns Hav-A-Tampa.

Hav-a-Tampa cigars closing Tampa plant continues at South Tampa News & Tribune...

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