The 1990s were a troubled time for Russia. Some “rose up” during those years, others could not survive… Those were difficult years for everyone. But in this post, I’m not going to talk about politics, gang warfare, or “how good the Soviet Union was. My story will be about cigarettes. Cigarettes that people smoked in […]
Continue readingAt the moment, Vogue is one of the world’s oldest cigarette brands still in production today. The history of the brand began in 1955, when Stephano Brothers Ltd. introduced these cigarettes to the tobacco market in the United States. But the appearance of Vogue cigarettes was quite different then — they were in king size format, no […]
Continue readingLet’s start the story at the end. In 1992, actor Wayne McLaren died of lung cancer. He was the one who started the world’s anti-tobacco campaign when he testified against his former employer, Philip Morris. Add to Cart The Marlboro brand appeared in 1924 and was originally positioned as a women’s cigarette. That all changed […]
Continue readingThe history of the brand goes back to 1902. Philip Morris, the company’s founder, owned a boutique on Bond Street in London. 1902 was the year when Albert, King of Belgium, one of Morris’s great admirers, granted the boutique the title of royal tobacco merchant. Since then (by the way, the very first brand name […]
Continue readingWe’ve already featured posts about the history of the brand and a tasting of the ‘cigarette-case’ versions of the brand in the feed. Now, let’s move on to other common sorts. Specifically, the “classic” Sobranie Blue and Sobranie Gold series. I’ll start with the “classics”, and the first one is Sobranie Blue. All cigarettes of […]
Continue readingThe so-called “tobacco heating systems” are relatively recent. Tobacco companies that own the technology are now actively promoting this product. And today we have a rather unusual tasting — we will test IQOS. It’s important to note that this is an independent test, I don’t smoke IQOS and tested it just for the sake of experimenting. So, […]
Continue readingAccording to Google statistics, around 20% of all “CigsSpot” followers are women. Now, have mercy on me since over the year I haven’t done a single full-blown review for the female audience. Today we change that! I present to you a review of Glamour cigarettes by Kazakh JTI. The brand was launched in the middle […]
Continue readingParker & Simpson brand cigarettes appeared on the market in 2015 and were presented in two varieties — Black and White. And their appearance did not go unnoticed; the cigarettes had a number of advantages: very good cigarette taste; it was stated that they were made in Germany; sold in an unusual Glide Tec box. In less […]
Continue readingToday we will explore the history of the US cigarette industry. Today I will focus on important events of the early 20th century, which marked the beginning of the modern market formation. So, in 1890, the “big five” tobacco manufacturers were formed, headed by James Buchanan, the brilliant leader of the W. Duke & Sons […]
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