Kenton (cigarette)

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Kenton
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An old pack of Kenton cigarettes.
Product type Cigarette
Produced by Bulgartabac
Country East Germany
Markets East Germany, Soviet Union, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan [1] [2] [3]
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

Kenton was a German brand of cigarettes, manufactured from East Germany. [4]

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History

Kenton was available in the variants "Aromatic Blend" (Blue), "Menthol" (Green) and "American Blend", which was later renamed to "Extra Quality" (Red). [5] The cigarettes had a filter and a length of 85 mm. In 1989 the retail sales price was 3.20 Deutsche Mark . The packaging was a white soft pack with similarly colored diagonal stripes. These cigarettes were produced in the 1980s by the Bulgarian company Bulgartabac in Blagoevgrad.

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