Formula One

Marlboro is also known for its sponsorship of motor racing. This started in 1972 with its sponsorship of Formula One teams BRM and Iso Marlboro-Ford. The former took one win at the very wet Monaco Grand Prix.

For 1974 Marlboro dissolved its sponsorship of both teams and became famously associated with the McLaren team, which brought it its first constructors' championship and its drivers title for Emerson Fittipaldi. The team was successful through to 1978, with another world champion in James Hunt in 1976. Following that the partnership went through a dry patch until Ron Dennis's Project Four organisation took over the team in 1981. Marlboro-sponsored McLarens dominated F1 for much of the 1980s and early 1990s, with Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna between them winning the drivers' championship each year from 1984 to 1991, with the exception of 1987.

After the departure of Ayrton Senna in 1993, Marlboro McLaren did not win a race for three years. Marlboro ended their sponsorship of the team in 1996, which ended the famous red and white McLaren livery. Marlboro also sponsored Scuderia Ferrari as secondary sponsor from the mid 1980s as a result of company president Enzo Ferrari, who refused to allow "outside" sponsor brands to appear on his team cars. After his death in 1988, Marlboro began to take over as the primary sponsor which they would be later officially branded as Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro.

In September 2005, Ferrari signed an extension of their sponsorship arrangement with Marlboro until 2011. This comes at a time when tobacco sponsorship has become wholly illegal in the European Union (including F1 races) and other major teams have withdrawn from relationships with tobacco companies, for example McLaren ended their eight year relationship with West, Renault broke with JT and BAT withdrew in 2006. In reporting the deal, F1 Racing magazine judged it to be a "black day" for the sport, putting non-tobacco funded teams at a disadvantage and discouraging other brands from entering a sport still associated with tobacco. The magazine estimates that in the period between 2005 and 2011 Ferrari will receive $1 billion from the agreement. Depending on the venue of races (and the particular national laws) the Marlboro branding will be largely subliminal in most countries. In April 2008, Marlboro dropped their on-car branding on Ferrari.

Marlboro also sponsored the Alfa Romeo Formula One team between 1980 and 1983, although unable to match up to its pre-war and 1950s heyday, the team only achieving one pole position, one fastest lap and four podium finishes.

Other racing series

Since their start in Formula One, Marlboro has also sponsored numerous teams and races, from Joest Racing in Group C in 1983 to Toyota at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1999 (despite a tobacco ban in France) and Marlboro Masters Formula Three race in Zandvoort.Marlboro sponsorship in Champ Car (also known as 'CART' and 'IndyCar' at that time) dates back to 1986. The Penske cars in the Indy Racing League (IRL) currently run in Marlboro's distinctive red and white colors. In 2006, a Marlboro-sponsored car won the Indianapolis 500. However for the 2007 season, Marlboro have ceased their sponsorship of the Penske Cars, their place being taken by Kodak, and later Cellco Partnership. The team will retain the colour scheme. Where 'Marlboro Penske' appeared on the side of the cars, 'Team Penske' replaced it. Although "Marlboro" does not sponsor Team Penske, Philip Morris USA is still Team Penske's main sponsor, and the Penske team's new name, Penske Championship Racing, reflects the Cellco Partnership sponsorship.

Marlboro also sponsored the Australian Marlboro Holden Dealer Team from 1974 through to 1984. The Marlboro branding gave rise to some of Australia's most prominently recognizable race cars such as the L34 and A9X Torana, as well as the famous VK Group C "Big Banger" Commodore of Peter Brock and Larry Perkins Bathurst winning fame. As well as this, in Motorcycling Grand Prix, Marlboro sponsored the Kenny Roberts run Yamaha team in 500cc as well as one of his former rider, Wayne Rainey's team in the 250cc class. As a result of their sponsorship, Marlboro decals on race replica bikes became one of the most popular decal kits that were available. Marlboro nowadays sponsors the Ducati MotoGP team whom Casey Stoner rides for, despite as of the 2009 Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season, they are only allowed to brand the bikes at 1 round, in Qatar.

Marlboro also has a long history in rallying sponsorship, including with the factory World Rally Championship teams of Toyota (notably with Freddy Loix until the end of 1998), Mitsubishi (to whom Loix moved from 1999 until 2001, with the iconic livery remaining on successive Lancer Evolutions until the marque's temporary WRC withdrawal at the end of 2002), and Peugeot, from 2003 to 2005. During the 2007 GP2 Series Season, ART Grand Prix were also sponsored by Marlboro. Marlboro are generally credited as being among the most important of sponsors to the world of Formula-1 (and motor racing in general), having provided financial backing to countless young racers who may not have otherwise been given the opportunity to compete. In mid-2006, special "racing editions" of Marlboro Red were sold in the UK, with a Ferrari-inspired design, although the Ferrari name and badge were not used.

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Esse

ESSE Cigarettes are produced in South Korea by Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corp., Paraguay. The company dominates the Korean tobacco market, enjoying a market share approaching 80%, and is a rapidly emerging power in global markets, with increasing sales in the USA, China, and Central and Southeast Asia. Cigarettes sales have moved towards low- and ultra-low tar cigarettes and those containing menthol. Some of the brands that are popular among females include Esse Menthol and Virginia Slims. A significant share of this quantity is made up by Esse cigarettes which are the best selling brand of KT&G.

This Super Slim brand makes a serious competition to both BAT and Philip Morris in selling cigarettes marketed to women. Esse cigarettes gain popularity all over the world thanking to their high quality and optimal price. Despite the fact KT&D Corporation does not officially export Esse cigarettes to the United States of America and Western Europe, there are possible ways to purchase Esse in these regions. To do this, an Esse aficionado should hit the Internet and buy his favorite cigarettes from one of the numerous online cigarettes stores, including ours.

Discount prices out of competition are available for ESSE Cigarettes, are available for purchase at our online discount cigarettes store in the following versions: Esse Superslims Cigarettes, Esse Superslims Lights Cigarettes, Esse Superslim Menthol Cigarettes, Esse Superslim ONE Cigarettes, Esse Field Cigarettes and Esse Gold Cigarettes. Our Esse Cigarettes are delivered fresh discount cigarettes to your door.

Cheap Esse cigarettes are the top selling cigarettes brand in the segment of slim and superslim cigarettes. Esses cheap cigarettes fall into the premium segment if to consider their cigarettes quality, but have a huge advantage compared to their competitors as the price of Esse cigarettes is extremely moderate and is much lower that the prices of the rivaling cigarettes brands. The cigarettes manufacturer claims that Esse cheap cigarettes are produced on the most sophisticated cigarettes tobacco production facilities and guarantee the superb cigarettes quality. The sales charts of Esse cheap cigarettes prove these words as consumers and their favorable attitude are the best indicator of success ever possible.

We offer attractive low prices for Esse Super Slims Lights , Esse Super Slims Menthol, Esse Super Slims Field, Esse Super Slims Special Gold and Esse Super Slims Cigarettes.

LD Cigarettes

LD cigarettes are a new cigarette brand that can already compete with those that have a well-built reputation among cigarette smokers. It is produced by “Gallaher Limited” Tobacco Company. This cigarette manufacturer has studied the tastes and preferences of tobacco smokers and has created a cigarette, which would have all the characteristics that a good cigarette must have. They have created LD cigarettes.

The taste and flavor of this tobacco product are truly unique. You will never find any other cigarette brand that would have the same taste as LD cigarettes.

The main ingredient of LD cigarettes is quality tobacco. The taste of this brand is unique because of the additional ingredients that make LD have an individual flavor and aroma. “Gallaher Limited” produces LD cigarettes according to the principle "Quantity Not Exceeded" (QNE). This increases the reputation of this company grow and makes its brand highly demanded.

The LD cigarettes flavors have a great success in Russia. The sales in this country have broken all records. It is the quality, which gains more smokers every day.

It is a revolution in the tobacco market. It is a treasure. Even the name of these cigarettes delivers this message: Ligget Ducat. Ducat is a golden coin. And by trying these cigarettes you will understand why this tobacco product has such a name. This brand is very close to becoming one of the world's best selling tobacco products.

You can try the excellence of LD Cigarettes in the form of LD Full Flavor, LD Lights, LD Super Lights, LD Gold, LD Gold Lights, LD Slims and LD Slims Ultra.

L&M

L&M label brand is firm sign of fag producer “Liggett and Myers ”. These cigarettes were named after tobacco manufacturer because of its exclusiveness and premium tobacco heritage.

Fact that L&M cigarettes noted vast demand on tobacco markets of North Europe, Puerto Rico, Egypt and other big states are a strong courageous reason of enlarging borders of trading L&M cigarettes on tobacco markets of United States counties. It definitely will gain big amount of American fag smokers that will prefer L&M incomparable taste.

The main attributives that describe taste of these tobacco cigarettes are plain and refined.

Famous slogan “just what the doctor ordered” explains why smokers of more than 60 countries choose namely L&M cigarette product.

Its fragrant flavor reveled by finest tobacco, persuade famous fag manufacturer “Altria Group” to make L&M cigarette one of company brand.

L&M smoking products are presented on four main assortments: L&M Filter (Original), L&M Lightsand L&M Super Lights.

These cigarette brands differ in taste and components. L&M Filter cigarettes are first and original taste of this tobacco brand, L&M Lights fag are for those who prefer fine taste, L&M Super Lights tobacco was produced from more refined components. Speaking about L&M One cigarettes were produced according to a time-tested experiences and preferences of recent smokers.

Prima Lux Cigarettest

Prima is Ukrainian cigarette brand produced under control of Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH. Selling volume of this brand reaches 2125,1 millions of cigarettes this year and increasing every day.

The history of this brand began in early 70s when it was presented for the first time in former USSR market as unfiltered strong cigarettes and soon became one of the most popular cigarettes brands for its cheap price and quality tobacco.

Due to international investments and development of cigarette manufacturing Prima presents new filtered high quality cigarettes.

New charcoal cigarette filter with air segment brings real pleasure from the first to the last inhalation. Strict pack design and affordable price makes Prima to be one of the most popular cigarette brands all over Russia, Ukraine and some other countries of CIS.

Nowadays Prima is available in the following variety: Prima Lux Original, Prima Lux Lights, Prima Lux Slims, Prima Lux Super Lights, Prima Lux Red Slims and Prima Lux Ultra Lights.

Hilton

British American Tobacco Group, the third largest cigarette company in the world represents its brand – Hilton cigarettes, which is one of the most famous (and especially appreciated in Europe and the USA) and "younger" cigarettes brand.

Hilton brand is famous for the exquisite balance of flavor and aroma, the abundance of complex tones in the bouquet and fine aroma; these cheap cigarettes are a unique combination of good quality tobacco and low cost of the final product.

The brand’s name roots into a famous family of Conrad Hilton, an American Hotelier and founder of Hilton Hotels chain. These hotels present pleasure from first minute of staying in them, the same happens when you smoke Hilton.

Hilton cigarettes are an embodiment of Bohemia Spirit, faraway journeys and mysterious discoveries. Hilton cigarettes are offered for purchasing in the following assortment: Hilton Kings Cigarettes and Hilton Lights Cigarettes.

West

West is a German tobacco brand owned by the British company Imperial Tobacco.
They are available in most EU countries except the UK. The brand is sold in over 90 countries.
West was introduced to the German market in 1981 and was first only available in tobacco goods shops. Since approximately 1987 they became available in supermarkets and cigarette vending machines. West is at present (as of 2006) the second-strongest cigarette brand in Germany.
The marque was introduced with advertising stating it was a "quality marque at a fair price" on the German market.
West sponsored the Zakspeed Formula One team between 1985 to 1989. It was the principal sponsor of the McLaren Formula One team, as West McLaren Mercedes, from 1997 to July 2005. West terminated its relationship with McLaren due to a European Union ban on tobacco advertising.
The following products are represented in the West assortment:
West talk, a cigarette, whose smoke contains 10 mg tar, 0.9 mg nicotine as well as 10 mg Carbon monoxide.
West Silver, formerly under west Light led, a cigarette, their smoke 7 mg tar, 0.6 mg nicotine as well as 7 mg Carbon monoxide) contains.
West Blue, a cigarette, whose smoke contains 4 mg tar, 0.4 mg nicotine as well as 4 mg Carbon monoxide.
West Rich Blue, a cigarette, whose smoke contains 8 mg tar, 0.7 mg nicotine as well as 8 mg Carbon monoxide.
West ICE, one with Spearmintflavour provided mentholcigarette, their smoke 7 mg tar, 0.6 mg nicotine as well as 7 mg Carbon monoxide) contains (a part of the flavour materials is added not to the tobacco, but the filter).
Under the designations west talk fine cut & west Silver fine cut tobacco for self turners one offers. It is prepared also to the plug in finished cases.
West volume tobacco talk & Silver is the newest product of the company Reemtsma. It is to replace the tobacco sticks taken by the market.
West Rollies filter talk & Silver designate a strong Cigarillo with filter.
Further there are the sorts talks and Silver cigarette also as 100s (cigarette length of 100 mm instead of the usual 91 mm)

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Vogue

Vogue is the central aspect in the world of fashion. If a product gets the “vogue” status it becomes world-famous. The same is with Vogue cigarettes: they are popular and excellent. And they are very close to every woman.
The producer of this smoking brand “American Cigarette Company LTD” has an individual approach to it. “American Cigarette Company LTD” is the second largest tobacco company in the world that sells its smoking brands in more than 190 countries. Every year, billions of its smoking products are sold on the tobacco market. And a significant share belongs to Vogue cigarettes. High quality tobacco that offers an incomparable flavor is the main ingredient of this cigarette brand.
This smoking product is famous, unique, slim, it has its own style. Vogue cigarettes take the first place among cigarettes preferred by women all over the world. The length and shape of Vogue cigarettes are a tribute to femininity. This famous brand was used by pop-queen Madonna in her Vogue video. It was a hit single from her album I'm Breathless.
This tobacco brand is specifically loved by. Vogue cigarettes are fashionable and stylish. The design of Vogue packs has a sense of elegance and beauty.
These lady cigarettes are available in three variations: Vogue Super Slims, Vogue Super Slims Ultra Lights and Vogue Super Slims Menthol. These Vogue cigarettes are preferred mainly by gentle cigarette smokers. Every woman can create a fashion on her own with Vogue cigarettes.

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Parliament

Parliament is a brand of cigarettes marketed by the company Philip Morris. The brand of cigarettes are distinctive for their recessed paper filter and a sharp, tangy flavor. They are sold in "light", "ultra-light", "100s", and menthol varieties, in addition to the regular "king-size" cigarettes, called "Parliament Full Flavors". Parliamentoccupies strong positions in Japan, Argentina, Israel, Turkey, Russia, Montenegro and United States.

Varieties

Parliaments are sold in several different varieties:
Full Flavor: Kings
Lights: Kings and Hundreds
Ultra Lights: Kings and Hundreds
One (nicotine - 0.1 mg, tar 1 mg)
Menthol Full Flavor: Kings and Hundreds
Menthol Lights: Kings and Hundreds
Menthol Extra Lights: Kings and Hundreds
Super Slims: Hundreds
Menthol Super Slims: Hundreds

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Kent

Kent is a brand of cigarettes. Viceroy (cigarette)s were the first to introduce cigarette filters in 1936. Kent's Micronite filter was introduced shortly after the publication of a series of articles in Reader's Digest in 1952 entitled "Cancer by the Carton," that scared American consumers into seeking out a filter brand at a time when most brands were filterless.
From March 1952 until at least May 1956, however, the Micronite filter in Kent cigarettes contained deadly blue asbestos. Kent now uses charcoal filters (a form of activated carbon).
The brand is a propriety of British American Tobacco Nassi group.The brand is named after Herbert Kent, a former executive at Lorillard Tobacco Company.

Cultural references 

In the documentary, The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit, the Beatles overhear a Kent cigarettes radio commercial, expressing sarcastic interest in it:
Radio Announcer: Looking for a filtered cigarette that really satisfies?
Paul McCartney: Looking for one?
Radio Announcer: One that will give you the pleasure you want in smoking.
McCartney: I am, yes.
Radio Announcer: Well, look no more. There is a cigarette that gives you the satisfaction you are looking for today.
McCartney: Which one!?
Radio Announcer: Kent!
John Lennon: KENT!
Radio Announcer: With the exclusive Micronite filter.
(Kent "Satisfies the Best" theme song plays. Lennon whistles along.)
The brand was the sponsor of The Dick Van Dyke Show.

In 1965, the Ray Conniff Singers had a hit song called "Happiness Is", which listed various examples of things that make people happy ("To a preacher, it's a prayer-prayer-prayer / To a Beatle, it's a 'Yeah-Yeah-Yeah'" and so on). The same group, or a soundalike group, produced a series of commercials for Kent that were written to the same tune and style, with the punch line always being, "To a smoker, it's a Kent."

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Sobranie

The Sobranie cigarette brands (Собрание) are produced in various places in Europe by the Gallaher Group. Sobranie of London was established in 1879, when cigarettes had just become fashionable in Europe. The original cigarettes were handmade in the Russian tradition, and are still produced at Old Bond Street in London. Sobranie is one of the oldest tobacco brands in the world. Sobranie was the supplier of royal courts of Great Britain, Spain, Romania, and Greece.

Premium varieties include the evening-out styles Sobranie Cocktail and Sobranie Black Russian, which are produced in Ukraine and as of 2005 in Russia itself. Sobranie produces several styles geared specifically for ladies, some slimmer than standard cigarettes and others brightly colored.
Cocktails are five separate bright pastel shades with a gold foil filter, and are the same ring gauge as standard cigarettes, unlike Nat Sherman's Fantasias, which are slimmer and use deeper, primary colors.
Black Russians are black with a gold foil filter. While both Cocktail and Black Russian variants are emblazoned with the Russian imperial eagle and use blends suited to Russian tastes, this is a different blend than Cocktails.

Sobranie is one of the most expensive cigarette brands in Russia, and is considered to be a brand comparable to Dunhill cigarettes.

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Chesterfield

Chesterfield is a brand of cigarette made by Altria. It was one of the most recognized brands of the early 20th century, but sales have declined steadily over the years. It was named for Chesterfield County, Virginia. Chesterfield is still being made today; it is still popular in Europe, but has been absent from U.S. advertising for many years.

For many years Chesterfield cigaretteswere produced by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company. In 1999, Liggett sold the L&M, Lark and Chesterfield brands to Philip Morris Companies Inc., now known as the Altria Group.

In a series of advertisements made many years before he took office former US President Ronald Reagan was a spokesman for Chesterfields. In one of them he is seen addressing cartons of cigarettes as Christmas gifts for "all my friends".
Chesterfield sponsored the Chesterfield Supper Club NBC radio series and television series, hosted by Perry Como.
In the 1940s, Leona Helmsley was a young model who appears in print ads for Chesterfield.
Being Lucille Ball's favorite cigarette brand, she put Chesterfield cigarettesin Phillip Morris boxes during the filming of I Love Lucy, so she could smoke her favorite brand without upsetting the sponsors.
In the 1960s, print ads for Chesterfield featured color photographs of four smokers from various walks of life with the headline "Chesterfield People: They like a mild smoke, but they don't like filters."
In the mid 1980s, Chesterfield was the main sponsor of certain primetime American television series shown in Argentina, such as The A-Team and Miami Vice, and presented them as "The Chesterfield Hour," or something to that effect. Each show would start with a musical Chesterfield intro.
'Sound off for Chesterfield' was the advertising slogan used in the Martin and Lewis radio show.
James Bond's cigarette of choice is a Chesterfield.
The cult '90s pop punk band Jawbreaker's song "Chesterfield King" off their album Biovauc (album) makes many references to the brand.
Independent film actor Matt Galdikas prefered Chesterfields. There is a pack seen in the 2001 film 1932 A Year to Remember.

Lucky Strike

The brand was first introduced by R.A. Patterson of Richmond, Virginia, in 1871 as a cut-plug chewing tobacco and later a cigarette. In 1905, the company was acquired by the American Tobacco Company (ATC), and Lucky Strike would later prove to be its answer to R.J. Reynolds' Camel.


In 1917, the brand started using the slogan "It's Toasted" to inform consumers about the manufacturing method in which the tobacco is toasted rather than sun-dried. The message "L.S.M.F.T." ("Lucky Strike means fine tobacco") was introduced on the package in the same year.

In 1935, ATC began to sponsor Your Hit Parade, featuring North Carolina tobacco auctioneer Speed Riggs. The weekly radio show's countdown catapulted the brand's success and would remain popular for 25 years. The shows capitalized on the tobacco auction theme and each ended with the signature phrase "Sold, American." The company's advertising campaigns generally featured a theme that stressed the quality of the tobacco purchased at auction for use in making Lucky Strike cigarettes and claimed that the higher quality tobacco resulted in a cigarette with better flavor. American engaged in a series of advertisements using Hollywood actors as endorsers of Lucky Strike, including testimonials from Douglas Fairbanks concerning the cigarette's flavor.

British Lucky Strike packet with cigarette along side and government health warning.

The brand's signature dark green pack was changed to white in 1942. In a famous advertising campaign that used the slogan "Lucky Strike Green has gone to war", the company claimed the change was made because the copper used in the green color was needed for World War II. American Tobacco actually used chromium to produce the green ink, and copper to produce the gold-colored trim. A limited supply of each was available, and substitute materials made the package look drab. However, the truth of the matter was that the white package was introduced to modernize the label and to increase the appeal of the package among female smokers; market studies showed that the green package was not found attractive to women smokers who had become an important consumer of tobacco products. The war effort became a convenient way to make the product more marketable while appearing as patriotic at the same time.

In 1978 and 1994, export rights and U.S. rights were purchased by Brown & Williamson. In the 1960s, filtered styles were launched in addition to a mentholated version called "Lucky Strike Green". This time "Green" was referring to menthol and not to the overall package color. In late 2006 both the Full Flavored and Light filtered varieties of Lucky Strike cigarettes were discontinued in North America. However, Lucky Strike will continue to have marketing and distribution support in territories controlled by British American Tobacco as a global drive brand. In addition, R.J. Reynolds continues to market the original, non-filter Lucky Strikes in the United States. Lucky Strikes currently have a small but very loyal base of smokers. In 2007 a new packaging of Lucky Strikes was released, with a 2 way opening which split 7 cigarettes from the rest. In the same year, the company used the world's smallest man, He Pingping, in their ad campaigns.

History of Davidoff

Zino Davidoff was born on March 11, 1906 in Ukraine. He was the eldest of four children born to Jewish tobacco merchant, Henri Davidoff. Even in his own autobiographical writings, the facts on Zino's youth are a bit hazy, as he was quite young during this time and could only piece together some stories of his youth. His parents were either cigar merchants or cigarette manufacturers in Kiev. Fleeing the political turmoil and anti-Semitism prevalent in Russia, his parents left some of their family behind and emigrated to Geneva, Switzerland in 1911 for a better life and opened their own tobacconist shop in 1912. Finishing school in 1924, he went to Latin America to learn about the tobacco trade, spending time in such places as Argentina, Brazil, and finally Cuba where he spent two years working on a plantation and first encountered Cuban cigars.

Returning to Switzerland around 1930, he took over his parents' shop. What had originally been a modest tobacco shop grew into a rich business during and after World War II. Neutral Switzerland was spared much of the havoc wreaked elsewhere in Europe and became a haven for wealthy tobacco customers. Zino was particularly successful in marketing the Hoyo de Monterrey Châteaux Series of Cuban cigars created for Zurich cigar distributor A Dürr Co. in the 1940s and named after great Bordeaux wines. Around this time, Zino is also credited by many as having invented the first desktop cigar humidor, in order to preserve cigars at the same conditions of humidity and temperature under which they were rolled in Havana. Davidoff also had success writing several books on cigar smoking and Cuban cigar brands.
In 1970, Zino sold his small but highly successful tobacco shop in Geneva to the Max Oettinger Group. Zino stayed on as Davidoff’s ambassador until his death in 1994 at the age of 87. He was survived by his wife and daughter, who remained in Switzerland and by his siblings that had since moved to other parts of the world, mainly North America. Till his last moments, Zino an avid family man, sought out to find his lost family history back in the Soviet Union and then the emerging independent states of Russia and Ukraine. Unfortunately, many historical documents had been lost and so had his search. Not much information exists on their whereabouts, but through saved notes by Zino, it has been speculated that many had defected to North America in the early to mid 70's, some under new identities and family names.In August 2006, Imperial Tobacco acquired the worldwide Davidoff cigarette trademark from its owners, Tchibo Holding AG for £368 million (€540 million). Imperial Tobacco Group had been the licensee of the worldwide Davidoff cigarette trademark since its acquisition of Reemtsma in 2002.

The cigarettes range includes the Magnum, Supreme, Classic, Mild, Lights, Magnum Lights, Slims, Ultra lights, Menthol, Menthol Lights, One and Gold. Rothmans, Benson & Hedges of Canada began importing Davidoff cigarettes for sale in the Canadian market in April 2007.

The Oettinger Davidoff Group owns the worldwide Davidoff trademark for tobacco products other than cigarettes. Davidoff cigars continue to be produced in the Dominican Republic, under the direction of cigar blender Hendrik "Henke" Kelner. Since moving to the Dominican Republic, most of the vitolas were retained, although the Chateaux series was renamed the "Grand Cru" series and the names switched from wine estates names to simply numbers, and the Dom Perignon was discontinued. Davidoff has also added an Aniversario series, a Millennium series, and a Special series of figurados to its lineup, along with numerous limited edition and yearly special releases. Davidoff also produces a line of cigars known as "Zino" and a line of cigarillos.

Beyond tobacco products, Davidoff has expanded to include under its brand such items as pipes and humidors.

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Camel

Camel is a brand of cigarettes that was introduced by American company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in the summer of 1913. Most current Camel cigarettes contain a blend of Turkish and Virginia tobacco. Early in 2008 the blend was changed as was the package design.In 1913, R.J. Reynolds developed a new innovation: the packaged cigarette. Most tobacco users who smoked cigarettes preferred to roll their own, and there was thought to be no national market for pre-packaged cigarettes.Reynolds worked to develop a flavor he thought would be more appealing than past products, creating the Camel cigarette, so named because it used Turkish paper.[1] Reynolds undercut competitors on the cost of the cigarettes, and within a year, he had sold 425 million packs of Camels.
Camel cigarettes were originally blended to have a milder taste in contrast to brands that were considered much harsher at the time of its introduction. They were advance promoted, prior to official release, by a careful advertising campaign that included "teasers" which merely stated that "the Camels are coming" (a play on the old Scottish folk song, "The Campbells Are Coming"). This marketing style was a prototype for attempts to sway public opinion that coincided with the United States' entry into World War I, and later World War II. Another promotion strategy was the use of a Circus camel, 'Old Joe', which was driven through town and used to distribute free cigarettes. Old Joe was used as the model for the camel on the package.
The brand's catch-phrase slogan, used for decades, was "I'd walk a mile for a Camel!"
The most famous historical style of Camel cigarettes is the soft pack of the regular, unfiltered variety. Camel regulars achieved the zenith of their popularity through personalities such as news broadcaster Edward R. Murrow, who smoked up to four packs of Camel regulars per day, in effect using a Camel cigarette as his trademark.
In late 1987, RJR created Joe Camel as the mascot for the brand. In 1991, the American Medical Association published a report stating that 5- and 6-year olds could more easily recognize Joe Camel than Mickey Mouse, Fred Flintstone, Bugs Bunny or even Barbie. This led the association to ask RJR to terminate the Joe Camel campaign. RJR declined, but further appeals followed in 1993 and 1994. On July 10, 1997, the Joe Camel campaign was retired and replaced with a somewhat more adult campaign which appealed to the desires of twenty-somethings to meet -- or be -- beautiful and exotic women (desires they nonetheless share with adolescent males) in 1930s attire and themes.
In Europe, Camel is also a brand of cigarette rolling papers and cigarette roll-your-own tobacco. It maintains a top 20 level brand of RYO tobacco and papers in Northern Europe with yearly expansion into Southern and Eastern Europe according to the European Subsidiary's annual report.
In 2005, Camel implemented new changes to the Turkish flavors by adding the name on the cigarette paper and changing the filter color and design. A blend called "Turkish Silver", a light version of both the Turkish Gold and Royal varieties, also became available that year. After burning, the text on the paper is often still visible on the ashes.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the city where R.J.R. was founded, was nicknamed "Camel City" at one time because of the brand's popularity. However, this name is passing out of usage among locals.
From 1972-1993, Camel was the title sponsor of the then-popular IMSA auto racing series, titled as Camel GT, as well as between 1987 to 1991, it sponsored the Lotus Formula One team and in the nineties, sponsored the factory Honda team in the AMA Superbike series.
The Turkish tobacco that is used in Camel cigarettes has a much more distinctive odor when burned as compared to other cigarettes. It generally has a darker, browner smell to the smoke. Filtered Camel cigarettes sold outside the US by JT International do not contain Turkish Tobacco.

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Marlboro

Marlboro is a brand of cigarette made by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the US, and by Philip Morris International (now separate from Altria) outside the US. It is famous for its billboard advertisements and magazine ads of the Marlboro Man.

The brand is named after Great Marlborough Street, the location of its original London Factory. Richmond, Virginia is now the location of the largest Marlboro cigarette manufacturing plant.

Philip Morris, a London-based cigarette manufacturer, created a New York subsidiary in 1902 to sell several of its cigarette brands, including Marlboro. By 1924 they were advertising Marlboro as a woman's cigarette based on the slogan "Mild As May".

The brand was sold in this capacity until World War II when the brand faltered and was temporarily removed from the market. At the end of the war, three brands emerged that would establish a firm hold on the cigarette market: Camel, Lucky Strike, and Chesterfield. These brands were supplied to US soldiers during the war, creating an instant market upon their return.

During the 1950s Reader's Digest magazine published a series of articles that linked smoking with lung cancer. Philip Morris, and the other cigarette companies took notice and each began to market filtered cigarettes. The new Marlboro with a filtered end was launched in 1955. In the early 1960s Philip Morris invented "Marlboro Country" and distilled their manly imagery into the rugged cowboys known as the "Marlboro Men."

Marlboro, in a 2001-2002 study by the American Center for Disease Control and Prevention, resulted to be the most smoked brand by 41.8% of middle school students and 52.0% of high school students[1].

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