Category Archives: History

Yes, despite the fact that in our country these cigarettes have long ceased to have anything in common with the original, it is a true legend of the tobacco world. And today, in a brief summary, I present to your attention some facts that you may not have known about. Lucky Strike is one of […]

History of the cigarette and where was tobacco first discovered for smoking? When did the first cigarette appear? What provoked the popularity of cigarettes? Today we offer to understand in detail the history of the origin and development of cigarettes and get answers to your questions. Tobacco in the ancient worldTobacco, as a representative of […]

If we don’t take into account a lot of Chinese “plastic”, disposable and not so disposable, there are only a few lighter brands left, with Zippo as the leader. At least if you count in the category of widely available, reusable and more or less universal. Of course, there are Ronson and IMCO, but unlike […]

No, today’s post will not be about our, everyone’s favorite, Henry Tudor.)) Today will be a text about names. More precisely about the names of cigarette brands and although many of them seem to be made up from the background, but definitely not all of them. I will tell you about some of them today. […]

Or rather, not even about the cigarette filter! There are all sorts of things made with a filter these days! There are versions for self-smoking cigarettes, for smoking a pipe, even cigarillos and there are some with a filter. A few facts you may not have known are in this article. The first cigarette filter […]

Creativity and ingenuity have never been alien to tobacco marketers. Not only that, but tobacco marketers are the only ones who periodically feel the pressure of a whole bunch of different organizations wanting a piece of the “tobacco pie”. In previous reviews I have written about how some brands have marketed by improving tobacco content […]

A small part of this story can be found in Wikipedia, but there you will probably find only the “conclusion” strongly corrected by the anti-tobacco industry, in the light favorable to them. This story with Kent Micronite filter is cited to this day as “an example of irresponsibility and criminal collusion of tobacco companies”… But […]

At the beginning of the 20th century, smoking in the street could get you not only a fine but also imprisonment for 30 days. Moreover, for example in New York in 1908 it was forbidden to smoke at all! But the law was in force for only two weeks and it was applicable only… Women […]

Today I offer you a collection of facts about the legend of the world tobacco market. But, let me not repeat myself here and replicate everything that is known about the brand. I will limit myself to little known facts. But I can’t do without mentioning some of the key ones. So, Marlboro first appeared […]

Tobacco advertising was banned for a reason. Believe me, tobacco creatives knew exactly how to control our desires.) The mechanism of advertising and now works the same way, but it was tobacco needed to maintain a strict balance (because tobacco is harmful)) and at the same time successfully sell the product. Briefly about the manipulation […]