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The renewed “watermelon”: smoking LD Breezy Compact cigarettes

This year, one of the flagships of the tobacco market, the LD brand, carried out a global re-branding of its products. It is unlikely that this has anything to do with the upcoming price increases, rather it is a planned process. But in LD has changed not only the design of packs, but also the […]

Legends and stories: smoking Lucky Strike Original Red cigarettes

These cigarettes, known to more than one generation of smokers, have unfortunately left the domestic market. But they still enjoy a good reputation to this day. What were these cigarettes and what in their history is a legend and where is the real truth – you will find out below! Lucky Strike is one of […]

The King is dead! Long live… Smoking Philip Morris Blue cigarettes

Over the past year or two, Philip Morris has bred so many versions, varieties, and designs of the same name cigarettes that it’s hard to tell which is which. During this time, these cigarettes have had a global change in packaging design, the “Expert” variety has appeared, etc. The version of today’s review is the […]

The history of tobacco creativity.

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 […]

From the history of cigarette brands: Rothmans.

The company was founded in 1890 by Louis Rothman as a small tobacco store on Fleet Street in London. Business was quite successful, in a dozen years a tobacco stall of Louis turned into a solid store in the famous Pall Mall, in the central part of London. The reputation was impeccable, both the company […]

The strongest cigarettes in the world!

Just off the top of your head, what are the strongest cigarettes you can think of? “Belomor? Well, yeah, except for the fact that they were cigarettes, that’s right. There was plenty of nicotine and tar in Belomor. What else? Cuban Ligeros! Yes, they were very strong cigarettes. But I can’t say exactly how much […]

From the history of cigarette brands: Dunhill.

From the history of cigarette brands: Dunhill. The history of Dunhill as a cigarette brand begins in 1908. In the Dunhill stores there was a novelty — the first cigarettes in the world with a cotton filter. But they were not called Dunhill at all, but Absorbal and were positioned as “the most harmless” cigarettes. Cigarettes didn’t get […]

Dunhill Fine Cut Cigarette Tasting.

Dunhill Fine Cut Cigarette Tasting. I’ve already had a tasting of Dunhill Master Blend cigarettes, now it’s Fine Cut’s turn. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to smoke them before the re-branding at the end of 2018. Well, we have what we have. So, the re-branding primarily affected the design of the pack and the elimination […]

A comparative tasting of Sobranie cigarettes.

Sobranie is one of the oldest cigarette brands, its history dates back to 1879. I have already written about the history of the brand in more detail. Now I will limit myself to tasting these cigarettes. At the moment the brand produces a dozen varieties of different formats, from classic to super slims. In this […]

Davidoff Reach cigarette tasting

Davidoff Reach cigarette tasting This famous brand began its history in 1985 at the German factory Reemtsma. It’s funny, but at that time Davidoff was produced in a single, “strong” variety of the same name. Toward the end of the 1990s, the original variety was renamed “Classic”, but only because “Blue” and “White” were introduced. […]