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Longtime cigar shop owner passes torch to Cuban couple

After 20 years of owning and operating Smitty's Cigar & Tobacco shop in Gainesville, Clark Smith is retiring but not closing down his shop. New owners of the longtime cigar shop are Rene and Ivette Barrios.

0525Cigar7 — After 20 years of owning and operating Smitty's Cigar & Tobacco shop in Gainesville, Clark Smith is retiring but not closing down his shop. New owners of the longtime cigar shop are Rene and Ivette Barrios.

When Clark “Smitty” Smith opened his shop 20 years ago, he envisioned creating “the old-school tobacco store.” Good cigars, pipe tobacco, lighters, cutters and humidors. “It’s relaxation.