Swisher International
Tobacco 🏭 Expanding Jacksonville, FL · Private
Swisher International is expanding its portfolio through the acquisition of Drew Estate while securing $3.5M in city incentives for Project Newark in Jacksonville. The company faces ongoing legal challenges including a $5.7M fraud case and regulatory settlements related to flavored tobacco violations.
📢 Drew Estate acquisition and Project Newark receiving $3.5M in city incentives signals capital investment and portfolio expansion.
Swisher International is a family-owned American tobacco company founded in 1861 that manufactures mass-market cigars (including the Swisher Sweets brand), smokeless tobacco products, and oral nicotine pouches. It is one of the largest cigar manufacturers in the world, shipping over two billion cigars annually to more than 70 countries.
Employees
2,500
Mfg Plants
1
All Facilities
2
Activity
7/10
Type
Private
Plant Locations (2 mapped)
0
Recent News
Yulee man pleads guilty in $5.7M fraud against Swisher International - JaxToday
Google News · 6/18/2026
Project Bulletin, December 29, 2025: Saint Francisville, Louisiana; Norton, Massachusetts; Jacksonville, Florida - Site Selection Magazine
Google News · 12/29/2025
San Francisco reaches $3M settlement with companies who allegedly violated city's flavored tobacco ban - ABC7 Bay Area
Google News · 10/27/2025
Jacksonville-based Project Newark, resembling tobacco company Swisher, approved for $3.5 million in city incentives - Jacksonville Daily Record
Google News · 8/12/2025
Trump’s Top Campaign Aide Is a Tobacco Lobbyist - readsludge.com
Google News · 8/29/2023
Photos: A look back at Jacksonville-based Swisher International - The Florida Times-Union
Google News · 8/4/2022
Ex-Swisher International tax manager sentenced to prison - News4JAX
Google News · 6/22/2021
Swisher International Acquiring Drew Estate - Cigar Aficionado
Google News · 10/20/2014
Manufacturing Plants (1)
Swisher International Smokeless Tobacco Plant
Wheeling, WV
Smokeless tobacco manufacturing facility producing moist snuff (Silver Creek, Redwood), chewing tobacco (Mail Pouch, Chattanooga Chew, Lancaster), and dry snuff (Honey Bee, Butter Cup, Navy, Railroad Mills) under the Helme Tobacco Company brand. Consolidated operations from Helmetta, NJ in 1994. EPA TRI-registered facility.
Other Facilities (1)
Swisher International HQ & Cigar Manufacturing Plant
Jacksonville, FL · hq
Corporate headquarters and flagship cigar manufacturing facility (~585,000 sq ft) in the Springfield/Eastside neighborhood; produces Swisher Sweets, King Edward, Optimo, and other machine-made cigars; also site of a $135M nicotine and caffeine pouch production expansion announced 2024. Company has been based here since 1924.