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Mac Baren's Choice series is a line of mild aromatic pipe and flavoured hand-rolling tobaccos aimed at a younger audience. In 2010, Mac Baren introduced 7 Seas, [ 5 ] a line of American-style aromatic pipe tobaccos broadly similar to, [ 7 ] and intended to compete with, STG 's Captain Black .
'Borkum Riff' tobacco was launched in Sweden in 1962, named after a lighthouse of the same name, located at 53° 58' N, and 6° 22' E in Heligoland Bight off the Dutch coast in the North Sea. [2] It was a landmark for seafarers and was well-known to Swedish radio listeners, as weather reports mentioned Borkum Riff several times a day.
Y1 has a higher nicotine content than conventional flue-cured tobacco (6.5% versus 3.2—3.5%), [16] but a comparable amount of tar, and does not affect taste or aroma. [17] British American Tobacco (BAT) began to discuss the trialling of Y1 tobacco in 1991, [18] despite it not being approved for use in the United States. [13]
Goodwin & Company was an American tobacco manufacturer from New York City.Initially "E. Goodwin and Brother", the company was founded before the American Civil War.It was known for its cigarette brands "Gypsy Queen" and "Old Judge".
Cigarettes may be flavored to mask the taste or odor of the tobacco smoke, enhance the tobacco flavor, or decrease the social stigma associated with smoking. [3] Flavors are generally added to the tobacco or rolling paper, although some cigarette brands have unconventional flavor delivery mechanisms such as inserting flavored pellets or rods into the cigarette filter. [3]
The Lorillard hogshead in 1789 featuring a Native American smoking Lorillard Snuff Mill, built 1840, photo 1936. The company was founded by Pierre Abraham Lorillard in 1760. In 1899, the American Tobacco Company organized a New Jersey corporation called the Continental Tobacco Company, which took a controlling interest in many small tobacco companies. [4]
The cigarette manufacturers agreed to withdraw coupons on 1 January 1934 but the number and variety of cigarette card series continued to increase, with Carreras amongst the most prolific of the issuing companies. During the Second World War, many cigarette brands were withdrawn from sale and Black Cat was one of these.
A cigarette made with shag tobacco may be called a rollie, a roll-up/dole-up or hand-rolled. The flat bags in which shag is typically packaged for commercial sale are often called tobacco pouches. Oppositely, pre-processed and packaged cigarettes may be referred to colloquially as tailor-mades, tailies, tailors or straights.