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Who will win the tobacco wars?

The confrontation between tobacco manufacturers and authorities around the world began as soon as these same authorities wished to take tight control of the companies’ revenues. Yes, basically all these confrontations are aimed at the survival of competitors from the market, rather than real concern for our health or the environment. In May 2020, the […]

Comparative tasting of Marlboro cigarettes, 1992 and 2018.

There is an opinion that modern cigarettes are made from “waste,” that they have “only flavorings” and that “there is no tobacco at all now. And also that “back in the 90’s they were cigarettes! And now they’re just slag!” Shall we check it out? Today we are tasting the Marlboro of today, which is […]

A word or two about the cigarette filter

Or rather, not even about the cigarette filter! There are all sorts of things made with a filter these days! There are versions for self-smoking cigarettes, for smoking a pipe, even cigarillos and there are some with a filter. A few facts you may not have known are in this article. The first cigarette filter […]

How many calories are in a cigarette?

Cigarettes are a product that is in your life every day if you are a smoker. If it has become a question of losing weight or gaining weight, how do cigarettes affect that? Do they provide extra calories to your body? In this article, we will look at what the caloric content of cigarettes is […]

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 […]

History of an Invention: Kent Micronite

A small part of this story can be found in Wikipedia, but there you will probably find only the “conclusion” strongly corrected by the anti-tobacco industry, in the light favorable to them. This story with Kent Micronite filter is cited to this day as “an example of irresponsibility and criminal collusion of tobacco companies”… But […]

Is women’s freedom the work of the tobacco companies?

At the beginning of the 20th century, smoking in the street could get you not only a fine but also imprisonment for 30 days. Moreover, for example in New York in 1908 it was forbidden to smoke at all! But the law was in force for only two weeks and it was applicable only… Women […]

What are the formats (sizes) of cigarettes?

When I write cigarette reviews, I use terms that I thought everyone knew a long time ago. But it turns out that not all readers are aware of them. Forgive me for those who know about formats and sizes, this article is not for you. It’s an introduction to the world of slims and sizing. […]

Cigarettes that never existed

Or rather they were, but they existed only within the confines of movie scripts. I will tell you about some of them today. The Imperial Balaji cigarettes smoked by Joan Mary Lambert, the navigator of the “USS Nostromo” in the 1979 film “Alien”, never really existed. It’s nothing more than an invention of the set […]

Facts about the legend: Marlboro

Today I offer you a collection of facts about the legend of the world tobacco market. But, let me not repeat myself here and replicate everything that is known about the brand. I will limit myself to little known facts. But I can’t do without mentioning some of the key ones. So, Marlboro first appeared […]