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]
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]