Long Ash Cigars

Michael Cincunegui, owner of Long Ash Cigars, comes from a long line of cigar makers and aficionados. Michael, born a fourth generation Tampa native and fifth generation Floridian, has inherited a long history of blending his Tampa background with Ybor City’s rich heritage of fine cigars. Tampa, after all, is known as “Cigar City.”In the late 1800s, Michael’s great great grandparents migrated from Cuba and Spain to Key West, Florida to work in the cigar factories. When the factories were destroyed by a series of hurricanes, fires, and labor strikes,the famous cigar industry magnet, Vicente Martinez Ybor, decided to relocate his cigar factories to Ybor City,Florida, where Vicente felt the region was less susceptible to hurricanes.