Product type | Cigarette |
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Owner | Philip Morris USA in the U.S., Philip Morris International outside of the U.S. |
Produced by | Philip Morris USA in the U.S., Philip Morris International outside of the U.S. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Discontinued | May 2011 |
Markets | United States, United Kingdom [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Previous owners | Imperial Tobacco |
Tagline | "One Step Ahead" |
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1 |
Raffles (also known as Players in the United States; now Virginia S by Raffles) was a British brand of cigarettes which was owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA in the U.S. and by Philip Morris International outside of the U.S. [5] [6]
In August 2001, Imperial Tobacco announced that it had entered into an agreement with Philip Morris International for the distribution and sale of Marlboro, Raffles and Chesterfield cigarettes in the U.K. [7]
In May 2011, the nme of the brand was changed from Raffles to Virginia S by Raffles. Philip Morris Marketing Director Xavier Ducarroz described the rename as a move to a "contemporary look and feel." [8] [9]
Various poster and magazine adverts, as well as promotional merchandise, were made to promote the brand in the 1980s and 1990s. [10] [11] [12]
Mocne is a Polish brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco.
Benson & Hedges is a British brand of cigarettes owned by American conglomerate Altria. Cigarettes under the Benson & Hedges name are manufactured worldwide by different companies such as Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Philip Morris USA, British American Tobacco, or Japan Tobacco, depending on the region. In the UK, they are registered in Old Bond Street in London, and were manufactured in Lisnafillan, Ballymena, Northern Ireland, before production was moved to Eastern Europe in 2017.
Richmond is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco.
Superkings is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco.
Basic is a U.S. brand of cigarettes, currently owned by Philip Morris International. Cigarettes are manufactured by Philip Morris USA in the U.S. and by PMI in the rest of the world.
Tareyton is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Romeo y Julieta cigarettes is a Cuban brand of cigarettes, currently owned by the Franco-Spanish company Altadis, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco and manufactured by Habanos SA and BrasCuba. The brand is named after the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet.
Bond Street is an international non-US brand of cigarettes produced by Philip Morris International.
Sweet Afton was an Irish brand of short, unfiltered cigarettes made with Virginia tobacco and produced by P.J. Carroll & Co., Dundalk, Ireland, now a subsidiary of British American Tobacco.
Cambridge is a brand of cigarettes, currently owned by conglomerate Altria, and manufactured by Philip Morris International. In the U.K., Cambridge was manufactured by Rothmans International until 1999.
Muratti is a brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Philip Morris International. There are many different Muratti variants introduced over the years, and they were also sold as Ambassador, Ariston, Cabinet, Gentry, Iplic, Peer and Regent.
Karo is a German brand of filterless cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Altria. Karo is the german word for "diamond".
Melbour is an Argentine brand of cigarettes, which is currently manufactured by Espert S.A. Tabacalera, a local division of Imperial Tobacco. The cigarettes are made from Virginia, Burley and Stern type tobaccos.
Philip Morris is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned by Philip Morris International. Cigarettes are manufactured by the firm worldwide except in the US, where Philip Morris USA produces tobacco products.
SG is a Portuguese brand of cigarettes, owned and manufactured by Philip Morris International.
Português was a Portuguese brand of cigarettes manufactured by Tabaqueira, a subsidiary of Philip Morris International.
Prima is a Russian brand of cigarettes that was manufactured at the Kyiv Tobacco Factory in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic since 1970. Today, it is owned and manufactured in Russia by various tobacco manufacturers.
Belmont is a Canadian brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Philip Morris International (PMI) in most parts of the world.
Colt is a cigarette brand that was owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA. In Finland, it is owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco Finland Oy, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco.
Form was a Finnish brand of cigarettes which was produced by the Finnish "Amer-Tupakka", a Finnish subsidiary of Altria. The original Form cigarette cases were designed by Erkki Ruuhinen.