Popularne Explained

Popularne
Type:Cigarette
Currentowner:Państwowe Zakłady Przemysłu (State Tobacco Industry)
Origin:Poland
Markets:Polish People's Republic, Poland[1] [2]
Footnotes:Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

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]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BrandPopularne - Cigarettes Pedia.
  2. Web site: Popularne.
  3. Web site: Strona domeny legendy-PRL.pl.
  4. Web site: Raport o produkcji papierosów w Polsce. www.poradnikhandlowca.com.pl. 2009-08-21. 2012-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20121031123628/http://www.poradnikhandlowca.com.pl/bezcms/archiwum/online03/07/raport2.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Leksykon papierosów. printo.republika.pl. 2009-08-21. 2010-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20100606045530/http://printo.republika.pl/warszawa/leksykon_papierosy.htm. dead.
  6. Web site: Papierosy Popularne. legendy-prl.pl. 2009-08-21.
  7. Web site: Powrót "Popularnych". 17 December 2000. www.wprost.pl. 2009-08-21.