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 […]

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What Does Advertising Really Sell Us?

Tobacco advertising was banned for a reason. Believe me, tobacco creatives knew exactly how to control our desires.) The mechanism of advertising and now works the same way, but it was tobacco needed to maintain a strict balance (because tobacco is harmful)) and at the same time successfully sell the product. Briefly about the manipulation […]

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Who really invented the Zippo?

For most, the answer is unequivocal – George Grant Blaisdell! At least that’s what Wikipedia says. But in fact, there are very serious doubts about this statement. And the first thing that reinforces this doubt is the fact that Zippo were not the first lighters with wind shields, making them all-weather. Such lighters first appeared […]

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What was smoked in the ’90s? Cigarettes of England

Yes, that’s what it was.) It’s true that there weren’t many purely English brands on the market, especially if you compare them to all the others. But what cigarettes they were! Dunhill International. Of course, this is the first brand that comes to mind when “inquiring” about “English cigarettes. The chic two-section cigarette cases, nicknamed […]

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