Africaine (cigarette)

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Africaine
Africaine Legere (Lights).jpg
An old Luxembourgish pack of Africaine cigarettes, with a Luxembourgish text warning at the bottom of the pack.
Product type Cigarette
Produced byLandewyck Tobacco
Country Luxembourg
IntroducedEarly 1940s
Markets Luxembourg, Germany, Italy [1] [2]
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

Africaine is a Luxembourgish brand of cigarettes, currently[ when? ] owned and manufactured by Landewyck Tobacco. [3] Africaine is French for African.

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History

Africaine was launched in the early 1940s. During World War II, Maryland was launched because of the lack of raw tobacco that was available at the time to produce Africaine cigarettes. [4] After the end of the war, the brand became popular within Luxembourg.

The brand is mainly sold in Luxembourg, but it was or still is sold in some parts of Germany and Italy. [5] [6]

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References

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