Thompson moved his factory to Ybor City, located in Tampa, Florida, known as "Cigar Capital of the World."

Newman bought Cuesta-Rey and Annis owned Gold Label and Macanudo, which he eventually sold to General Cigar Company.

Expansion led Franzblau to permanently establish corporate headquarters at 5401 Hangar Court, Tampa, Florida 33634.

Today, Thompson Cigar runs the single largest inventory storage humidor in the United States, totaling over 300,000 cubic feet (8,500 m3).

[1] Troops who received cigars included those in combat areas of Afghanistan and Iraq, plus Korea, the Horn of Africa and three Navy aircraft carrier battle groups.

[8] The company does business in three different catalog and online formats: tobacco, general merchandise, and membership cigar club.