Top (rolling papers)

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Top is a brand of cigarette rolling papers distributed by Republic Tobacco of Glenview, Illinois. Republic Tobacco paid an undisclosed amount to acquire the brand from R. J. Reynolds in 1987.

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Manufactured and imported into the United States from France, Top papers are available in regular and half size. [1] [2] Both size variations are sold in virtually identical light-yellow-colored packages with blue lettering, as well as a red and blue top which adorns its center. Top papers are most prevalent in the Midwestern United States, where they are popular within the marijuana-smoking culture.

The "2018-2025 Cigarette Rolling Paper Report on Global and United States Market, Status and Forecast, by Players, Types and Applications" research report lists "Rizla, Pay-Pay, Zig-Zag, OCB, TOP, Bambú, Bugler, EZ Wider, Export Aquafuge, JOB, Juicy Jay's, Laramie, Raw, Rollies, Swan, Tally-Ho" as the "vital supreme players in the worldwide 2018-2025 Cigarette Rolling Paper Report on and United States market". [3]

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References

  1. Top 112 Rolling papers - TOP 002 Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Top Singlewide Rolling papers – TOP 001 Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Sargar, Samadhan (2016-09-25). "Global Cigarette Rolling Paper Market - Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2018 - 2025". DigiBulletin. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

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