MJM Fine Cigars Is a One-Stop Tobacco Shop

Serving the Tampa Bay area since 2004, offers customers access to some of the world’s most rare and hard to find tobacco products.

Owner Michael McCarthy, who has been in the tobacco industry since the 1980s, created MJM Fine Cigars and Tobacco seven years ago because he thought there was a need for such a shop in the area.

McCarthy says MJM is a full-line traditional tobacconist that carries cigars from more than 75 different manufacturers and features more than 1,000 open boxes. The store also carries more than 500 tobacco pipes and 16 hand-blended custom pipe tobacco recipes.

McCarthy says MJM is unique because the store stocks many small-batch, rare boutique cigars and pipe tobaccos. The store has the ability to obtain the rarest of tobacco products — with the exception of Cuban cigars, which have been illegal since 1963. McCarthy says there really aren’t many products he can’t acquire for his customers.

Like many small businesses across the country, MJM was affected by the hard economic times. In order to accommodate the economic changes, McCarthy adjusted his inventory and purchasing patterns.

“Thank God, our local customers and many throughout the country continue to support us despite the economic conditions,” McCarthy said. “We remain eternally optimistic in America and its ability to bounce back.”

Despite the shaky economy, MJM continues to offer special events at the shop.

“Our monthly events continue to be successful and are a great way for our customers to not only meet industry leaders, but to sample new products all while saving some significant dollars," McCarthy said.

MJM Fine Cigars and Tobacco is at 31816 U.S. 19 N., 727-785-8763. Online ordering is also available.