History of the emergence and development of the cigarette

History of the cigarette and where was tobacco first discovered for smoking? When did the first cigarette appear? What provoked the popularity of cigarettes? Today we offer to understand in detail the history of the origin and development of cigarettes and get answers to your questions. Tobacco in the ancient worldTobacco, as a representative of […]

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What’s in my name?

No, today’s post will not be about our, everyone’s favorite, Henry Tudor.)) Today will be a text about names. More precisely about the names of cigarette brands and although many of them seem to be made up from the background, but definitely not all of them. I will tell you about some of them today. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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