Natural American Spirit

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Natural American Spirit
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Product type Cigarette
Owner Reynolds American
Produced by Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company
Country United States
Introduced1982;42 years ago (1982)
MarketsSee Markets
Website www.nascigs.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

Natural American Spirit, often referred to simply as American Spirit, is an American brand of cigarettes and other tobacco products, currently owned by Reynolds American and manufactured by the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company.

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History

The company was founded in 1982 by Bill Drake, author of The Cultivator's Handbook of Natural Tobacco; Robert Marion, an acupuncture student at the Kototama Institute in Santa Fe; and Chris Webster, a Santa Fe entrepreneur and Realtor. Startup investments came from Edward Wikes, a Santa Fe plumber/contractor who took out a loan to support the venture; Robert Wolf, an oil rig roughneck; and Philip Naumburg, an heir to the Elkan Naumburg fortune. [1] In January 2002, the company was acquired by Reynolds American and is now a wholly owned independent subsidiary of Reynolds American, which is in turn owned by British American Tobacco. [2] Japan Tobacco announced in September 2015 that it acquired the right to sell Natural American Spirit products in markets outside the United States. [3]

Markets

Display of Natural American Spirit in Japan in 2018 American spirits sales promotion advertisement.jpg
Display of Natural American Spirit in Japan in 2018

Natural American Spirit cigarettes have been sold in the United States, Canada, Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Tunisia, Japan, Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Finland and Denmark. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Products

Natural American Spirit offers various types of select filter cigarettes which are color-coded to denote the nicotine and tar contents, which are altered by using different filters and cigarette paper. [8] American Spirit also has a Perique Blend Filter cigarette, which contains 10% Perique tobacco, and an Organic Filter cigarette, which contains organic tobacco. [8]

Natural American Spirit also offers several "Roll Your Own" tobaccos in tins and pouches.

In the UK, American Spirit rolling tobacco comes in Blue (regular) or Yellow (light).

American Spirit cigarettes are sold in packs of 20. They come as follows: [9] [10]

Controversies

The claim of additive-free cigarettes

Natural American Spirit products in the year 2000 were advertised as "100% Additive-Free Tobacco".[ citation needed ]

California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced on March 1, 2010, that his office had secured an agreement with the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company to clearly disclose that its organic tobacco is "no safer or healthier" than other tobacco products. Attorney generals from 32 other states and the District of Columbia signed onto the agreement. [11]

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  8. 1 2 "Cigarettes". Natural American Spirit Germany. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company: Germany GmbH. 2014. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  9. "Best Tasting Organic Tobacco Cigarette Brand | Natural American Spirit".
  10. "JT launches Natural American Spirit Agate nationwide in late July 2019 | JT Global Site".
  11. "Brown Secures Agreement with American Spirit Cigarettes Maker over Alleged Misleading Marketing of Organic Tobacco Products". State of California Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2014. California Attorney General's Press Release March 01, 2010