West Tampa Tobacco Co. has announced that its cigars are now available in France, Poland and Singapore.

The distributors are as follows:

  • France — Eurotab
  • Poland — Akan
  • Singapore — The Cigarist

West Tampa Tobacco Co. was launched last year by Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez, both longtime General Cigar Co. employees. Despite being a one-year-old company, West Tampa has been uniquely aggressive about its international distribution. Its cigars are distributed in roughly 30 countries.

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I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.