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Henry Clay (cigar)

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Henry Clay
Product typeCigar
OwnerImperial Brands
Produced byAltadis USA
CountryUnited States
Introduced1840s
MarketsUnited States
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

Henry Clay is an American brand of cigars named after the early American politician Henry Clay.[1] The cigars are currently manufactured in the Dominican Republic.[2] The brand is currently owned by the Spanish company Altadis, a subsidiary of Imperial Brands.

History

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1905 Henry Clay advertisement

Henry Clay was founded in the 1840s by a Spanish immigrant to Cuba, Julián Álvarez Granda.[3] The brand was nationalized by Fidel Castro's government following the Cuban Revolution, and manufacturing was severely reduced throughout the 1960s.[4]

The cigar's American Trademark was owned by the Henry Clay and Bock & Co. Ltd. located in Trenton, New Jersey. Henry Clay and Bock & Co. Ltd. became a component of the Tobacco Trust that, along with other trusts, was an object of the antitrust legislation of the United States.[5]

By 1986, Henry Clay's American trademark was owned by Consolidated Cigar Corpation, which started producing non-Cuban Henry Clays. The Consolidated Cigar Corporation was eventually purchased by Altadis.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ Joyce, James; Johnson, Jeri (1998), "Notes to paes 235-240", Ulysses, Cambridge: Oxford University Press: 873, ISBN 978-0-19-283464-5
  2. ^ Shanken, Marvin R. (2005), Cigar Companion, Cambridge: Running Press, p. 41, ISBN 978-0-7624-1957-9
  3. ^ "DEATH OF JULIAN ALVAREZ.; A MAN WHO MADE MILLIONS OUT OF THE FAMOUS "HENRY CLAY" CIGAR". The New York Times. December 17, 1885.
  4. ^ Communications inc, M. Shanken. "Henry Clay War Hawk Gets A Churchill". Cigar Aficionado. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  5. ^ Moody, John (1904), The Truth About The Trusts: A Description and Analysis of the American Trust Movement, New York: Moody Publishing Company, p. 91
  6. ^ Inc, M. Shanken Communications. "Henry Clay War Hawk Gets A Churchill". Cigar Aficionado. Retrieved October 24, 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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