Pre-Revolution Discontinued Cuban Cigar Brands

Generally

Registration of Cuban cigar brands started in 1810.

From that date, until the nationalization of the tobacco industry in September 1960, thousands of brands were registered.

At the time of nationalization many of these brands were still in production.

In February 1962 Cubatabaco took control of the Cuban Cigar Industry, and all but 25 of the remaining brands were discontinued.

This list contains some of the known brands registered and subsequently discontinued during that Pre-Revolution period.

Details of Post-Revolution Cuban Cigar Brands.

Searching Brands

This list does not list minor variations in brand names.

Such differences may arise from abbreviations of the official brand name or may just be errors perpetuated over the years.

An example is the brand "La Flor de Jose Suarez Murias y Ca.".

This brand has been variously described as: La Flor de J. Suarez Murias y Cia., Flor de J. Suarez Murias y Cia., Flor de J. S. Murias y Ca., J. S. Murias y Ca., and Flor de Murias.

Because of this it is suggested that the web-browser "Find" function be used to search rather than using the links below.

Abbreviations and Terms

The following abbreviations and terms may assist in the understanding of brand names:

• “Compania” means Company and is commonly abbreviated to either "Cia.", "Ca.", or "Co."
• "Hermanos" means Brothers and is commonly abbreviated to "Hnos.
• "Fabrica de Tabacos" means Tobacco Factory. "Fabrica" may be abbreviated to "Fca."
• "y" means and; "de" means "of"; and "El", "La" or "Los" means "the".

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