Popularne

Popularne is a Polish brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by the State Tobacco Industry in Kraków.[3][4] Consumers called them populares, killers or gwoździe (Polish for nails).[5]

Popularne
An old Polish pack of Popularne cigarettes
Product typeCigarette
OwnerPaństwowe Zakłady Przemysłu (State Tobacco Industry)
CountryPoland
Discontinued1996 (1996)
MarketsPolish People's Republic, Poland[1][2]
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

History

Until the beginning of the 1980s, Popularne was called Sport.[6] Originally, the cigarettes did not have filters; Popularne with filters became available at the end of the 20th century. The content of tar and nicotine was higher Popularne than in modern manufactured cigarettes.[7]

See also

References
  1. "BrandPopularne - Cigarettes Pedia".
  2. "Popularne".
  3. "Strona domeny legendy-PRL.pl".
  4. "Raport o produkcji papierosów w Polsce". www.poradnikhandlowca.com.pl. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  5. "Leksykon papierosów". printo.republika.pl. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  6. "Papierosy Popularne". legendy-prl.pl. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  7. "Powrót "Popularnych"". www.wprost.pl. 17 December 2000. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
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