Kingsway (cigarette)

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Kingsway
Kingsway cigarette logo.png
Product type Cigarette
Owner British American Tobacco
Produced byAmerican Express of London/Ardath Tobacco Company
IntroducedJanuary 1959;65 years ago (1959-01)
MarketsSee Markets
Tagline"Smoke the BIG way... the Modern way."
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

Kingsway is a cigarette brand that gained ground January of 1959, and is currently owned by conglomerate British American Tobacco, and manufactured by its subsidiary American Express of London/Ardath Tobacco Company. In Ireland, the brand was manufactured by W.D. & H.O. Wills, [1] [2] and in Malaysia, the brand is manufactured by Rothmans International. [3]

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History

Pack of Kingsway cigarettes Kingsway Virginia Filter (Full flavour).jpg
Pack of Kingsway cigarettes

Kingsway was launched in January 1959, [4] and several advertising campaigns were launched in the 1960s for the brand to gain more popularity, like for example in Ireland. [5] [6]

Kingsway was a popular cigarette brand in the 1960s and 1970s, but eventually lost appeal and disappeared from the European market after the 1980s. [7] In Asia, and especially in Malaysia, the brand is still popular and sold today. Their slogan was "Smoke the BIG way... the Modern way." [8]

Various cigarette lighters, tin boxes and ashtrays of Kingsway were also sold. [9] [10] [7]

Markets

The brand was or still is sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland, West Germany and Malaysia. [11] [12]

See also

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