Long Lived Cigarette Brands?
The most popular cigarette brands in 1940, by sales volume, were Camel, Lucky Strike, Chesterfield, Raleigh and Old Gold.
In the UK we could select our cancer stick of choice from Benson and Hedges, Black Cat, Cadets, Cambridge, Capstan, Consulate, Embassy and Kensitas where you used to get vouchers to spend on gifts.
Other brands of cigarette that I remember were from Players Weights, No 6 and 10 or Navy Cut, they had the slogan ‘It’s the tobacco that counts’
Add to those lists Craven A, Piccadilly, Davidoff, Senior Service, Woodbine and Pall Mall amongst many others and you can see that branding has been a major factor in the tobacco industry. I do not know when Gitanes first came to the UK.
Brands in the UK 2011 include:
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Lambert & Butler
Regal
Benson & Hedges
Camel
Richmond
Marlboro
Mayfair
Brands are not for ever as those lists show.
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