J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is shipping the LeRoy Neiman 2025 Collector’s Edition cigars. It is the third year Newman and the LeRoy Neiman and the Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation have collaborated to create a cigar honoring the late cigar-smoking American artist, LeRoy Neiman.
The 6 ¼ x 52 Torpedo ($22) features a Havana Rosado wrapper, a Florida Sun Grown binder, and a blend of aged filler tobaccos from Latin America.
“This year’s edition features LeRoy’s painting, ‘Jazz Horns,’ a beautiful image depicting the spontaneous energy and sounds of jazz,” Drew Newman, fourth-generation owner of J.C. Newman, said in a press release. “We chose this image because of the return of our annual trade show to New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz.”
Inside the lid of each box is a lithograph of “Jazz Horns.” The image is also wrapped around each cigar. The bottom of each cabinet includes a print of Neiman’s paint-splattered New York City studio floor.
Continuing the tradition from previous years, Newman says all profits will be donated to support arts education in Tampa’s public schools.
