Muriel Cigars

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Muriel Cigars
Product type Cigars
Owner Altadis
CountryUnited States
Introduced1912;112 years ago (1912)
Previous owners Lorillard Tobacco Company
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

Muriel Cigars is a brand of machine-rolled cigars, most recently owned by Altadis, a subsidiary of Imperial Brands.

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History

The Muriel Cigars brand was established in 1912 by Lorillard Tobacco Company [1] in Jersey City, New Jersey. [2] Muriel Cigars was acquired by Consolidated Cigar Holdings, Inc. in 1956, [3] [4] which in turn merged with Havatampa in 2000 to form Altadis USA. [5]

The first Muriel cover girl, long considered a mystery, was an adult imagining of a child, Muriel Rasmussen Berry, daughter of George and Emma Rasmussen and granddaughter of Dr. Carl Moehle. Moehle was the owner of the lithographic firm that produced the original label. [1] The brand chose a new model in the 1970s in an attempt to maintain relevance in changing times. [6]

Muriel's popularity peaked in the 1950s, [7] but Consolidated continued to market the brand extensively in America throughout the 1960s and 1970s. [2] The brand did $40 million in annual sales by 1973, [6] spending as much as $2.5 million per year on marketing in the 1970s. [8] Muriel Cigars ran television advertisements in the first Super Bowl in 1966. [9] Actress Edie Adams notably worked as a pitch-lady for Muriel Cigars, appearing in multiple commercials throughout the 1950s and 1960s. [10] [11]

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