Africaine (cigarette) explained

Africaine
Type:	Cigarette
Producedby:	Landewyck Tobacco
Origin:	Luxembourg
Introduced:	Early 1940s
Markets:	Luxembourg, Germany, Italy^[1] ^[2]
Footnotes:	Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

Africaine is a Luxembourgish brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Landewyck Tobacco.^[3] Africaine is French for African.

History

Africaine was launched in the early 1940s. During World War II, Maryland was launched because of the lack of raw tobacco that was available at the time to produce Africaine cigarettes.^[4] After the end of the war, the brand became popular within Luxembourg.

The brand is mainly sold in Luxembourg, but it was or still is sold in some parts of Germany and Italy.^{[5] [6]}

See also

• Tobacco smoking

Notes and References

1. Web site: BrandAfricaine - Cigarettes Pedia. Cigarettespedia.com. 4 June 2018.
2. Web site: Africaine. Zigsam.at. 4 June 2018.
3. Web site: Landewyck: cigarettes. Hvl.lu. 2017-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230120/http://www.hvl.lu/en/cigarettes/#subnav. 2017-12-30. dead.
4. Web site: Landewyck: History - Sales. Hvl.lu. 2017-12-30.
5. Web site: BrandAfricaine. Cigarettes Pedia. 2017-12-30.
6. Web site: Africaine. Zigsam.at. 2017-12-30.