Drina (cigarette)

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Drina
Drina Sa Denifine (Full flavour).png
An old Bosnian pack of Drina cigarettes, with a Bosnian text warning at the bottom of the pack.
Product type Cigarette
Owner Sarajevo Tobacco Factory
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
MarketsSee Markets
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

Drina is a Bosnian brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by the Sarajevo Tobacco Factory. [1] The brand is named after the Drina river, which forms a part of the international border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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History

The brand was founded after the end of World War II in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The brand quickly became one of the most popular cigarette brands in Yugoslavia, similar to brands such as Morava and Drava. [2] The brand is one of the few ex-Yugoslavian cigarette brands that survived the breakup of Yugoslavia and is still sold today, being the best-selling brand in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [3] [4] The brand is unique as it uses special Ravnjak tobacco instead of traditional Virginia or Burley tobacco. [5]

Markets

Drina was or still is being sold in the following countries: Switzerland, Austro-Hungarian Bosnia, Monarchist Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Socialist Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Variants

Drina, a current pack with a warning label in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Drina Sa Denifine cigar pack wt Serb Cro Bos lg warn label.png
Drina, a current pack with a warning label in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian

Below are all the current brands of Drina cigarettes sold, with the levels of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide included.

PackTarNicotineCarbon monoxide
Drina Denifine10 mg0,9 mg10 mg
Drina Jedina10 mg0,8 mg10 mg
Drina Gold8 mg0,6 mg10 mg
Drina Silver4 mg0,4 mg6 mg

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