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An old pack of Kent Ultras from South Africa. Widely recognized by many as the first popular filtered cigarette, Kent was introduced by the Lorillard Tobacco Company in 1952 [3] around the same time a series of articles entitled "cancer by the carton", published by Reader's Digest, [4] scared American consumers into seeking out a filter brand at a time when most brands were filterless.
Forum Cigarettes Indonesia Indonesia [citation needed] Four Square Godfrey Phillips India: India [20] Four Aces W.D. & H.O. Wills/ Imperial Brands: Sri Lanka: 1901; 124 years ago () [42] FS1 Godfrey Phillips India: India [20] Furongwang Hunan Tobacco Group People's Republic of China: 1951; 74 years ago () [citation needed] Galan Wismilak: Indonesia
Basic was launched in the late 1970s as a discount brand. [1]In 2005, Basic was the fourth most popular cigarette brand in the United States (following Marlboro, Newport, and Camel) and the second most popular among white smokers age 26 and older.
In 2016, JTI announced it would introduce the LD brand on the United States cigarette market with the Red, Silver, and Menthol (Green) varieties. [2] The brand would become a discount brand and would have a $2.81-a-pack price tag. [2] It aimed to challenge discount brands such as L&M, which cost $3.69, and Pall Mall which cost $3.49. [2]
On the box, the words "Menthol Box" for shorts and "Menthol Box 100s" for 100s were replaced simply with "Cigarettes." Each variety is sold in 85mm soft packs (king size), 80mm hard packs (box), and 100mm soft and hard packs. They are available in standard packs of 20 cigarettes, as well as the more unusual 25s, containing 25 cigarettes.
An old pack of British Woodbine cigarettes, photographed at the Musée Somme 1916 of Albert (Somme), France. Woodbine was launched in 1888 by W.D. & H.O. Wills.Noted for its strong unfiltered cigarettes, the brand was cheap and popular in the early 20th century with the working-class, as well as with army men during the First and Second World War.
In the 1970s, Cambridge cigarettes were the first cigarette brand to give out Green Shield Stamps to their customers in the United Kingdom. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] A few poster adverts were made by Philip Morris USA to promote the brand as being a "low tar" cigarette in the 1980s in the United States .
Also a carton of Chesterfields, king-size..." [23] [24] [25] In numerous Stephen King novels, his characters frequently smoke Chesterfield cigarettes. [citation needed] In King's 2000 book On Writing, he wrote that Chesterfield was the first brand he smoked, and that his World War II veteran uncle dismissed them as "stockade cigarettes."