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In 1838, a French craftsman named Jean Bardou came up with the idea for a booklet of rolling papers made of thin, pure rice paper. [1] Bardou's trademark was the initials "JB" separated by a large diamond. The diamond was often mistaken for a capital O by consumers, who began referring to the papers as JOB, thus the brand name was born. [2]
Gauloises (pronounced, "Gaulish" [feminine plural] in French; cigarette is a feminine noun in French) is a brand of cigarette of French origin. It is produced by the company Imperial Tobacco following its acquisition of Altadis in January 2008 in most countries, but produced and sold by Reemtsma in Germany.
Blend was introduced in 1971 by Swenska Tobaks AB as a low-tar cigarette brand. [3] The first variant, which came to be known as Yellow Blend after the color of the package, had 12 milligrams of tar. [4] The following year, a menthol flavored variant was launched called Blend Blue. [5]
Cigarettes may be the most notable example of this deviation, although they do, in a sense, represent a category of their own. Tobacciana associated with cigars include cigar ashtrays , cigar tubes , cigar boxes , cigar holders (also known as cigar mouthpieces , which are similar to cigarette holders ), cigar cutters (including cigar scissors ...
The 1980 Ligier JS11/15 being demonstrated at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Gitanes had a long-standing partnership with the Équipe Ligier team. Following the acquisition of the Matra Formula One team's assets, Ligier entered Formula One in 1976 with a Matra V12-powered car, and won the 1977 Swedish Grand Prix with Jacques Laffite.
Dreamily gazing at the album covers of Elvis Presley was not, statistically speaking, a rare habit among American teen girls in the late 1950s and early ’60s. Priscilla was just 14 years-old ...
A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing a combustible material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end, causing it to smolder; the resulting smoke is orally inhaled via the opposite end. Cigarette smoking is the most common method of tobacco consumption.
Craven A (stylized as Craven "A") is a British brand of cigarettes, currently manufactured by British American Tobacco. [1] Originally founded and produced by the Carreras Tobacco Company in 1921 until merging with Rothmans International in 1972, who then produced the brand until Rothmans was acquired by British American Tobacco in 1999.