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Export is a Canadian brand of cigarettes and rolling tobacco, currently owned and manufactured by
JTI Macdonald JTI may refer to:
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, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco International
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History
It was introduced in 1928 by Macdonald Tobacco as Macdonald's Gold Standard, the boxes were marked "Export", and they quickly became known under that name. The most recognized products are the Export 'A' product line, but JTI also produces an unfiltered 'Export Plain' cigarette and Export rolling tobacco. The cigarettes and rolling tobacco are from premium Virginia leaf tobacco. Beginning in the mid-1930s, Macdonald's cigarette brands were adorned by the portrait of a pretty Scottish woman dressed in traditional garb and wearing theMacdonald of Sleat
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tartan. The model for this trademark was Betty Annan Grant, who posed for the painting by famous Canadian artist Rex Woods. The ''Scottish Lassie'', as she is known, was featured on nearly all of Macdonald's cigarette brands until the 1970s, and remains on packages of Export 'A' cigarettes to the present.
During World War II
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, a special duty-free variant of the Macdonald Gold Standard was made for the Canadian troops to boost general morale during their battles. On the slide cover was printed, "GIFT to Canadian troops on active service, not for re-sale. These cigarettes have not borne United Kingdom Customs Duty".
Advertisement
Macdonald Tobacco and JTI Macdonald have made many advertising posters over the years to promote the Macdonald Gold Standard and Export cigarettes, both in French and English. Various accessories were also made, such as a snapback, a cigarette lighter, stickers, playing cards,cufflink
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s, rubber coin mats, and beer mats.
In the 1990s, when Export was the sponsor of various extreme sports, special advertisement billboards and posters were made to promote the Export 'A' variant.
Some of the slogans used were "Go Your Own Way" (used when advertising various extreme sports in Canada in the 1990s) and "Be Different".
Sport sponsorship
Export A was the main sponsor of various extreme sports, such as the 1998 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (called the ''"Export A Mountain Bike World Cup"''), the Niagara Motocross event, the Extreme Motorboat event and the UCI Wildwater Kayak Race in Canada.Markets
Export and Macdonald's are mainly sold inCanada
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, but also were or still are sold in the United Kingdom
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, the Netherlands
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, and Hungary
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Products
*Export A Plain (unfiltered/filter, dark green) *Export A Full Flavour (green, aka “green death”) *Export A Medium (dark blue) *Export A Rich (red) *Export A Smooth (gold, baby blue in Quebec) *Export A Extra Smooth (silver) *Export A Fine (light blue) *Export A Activate (blue with water capsule)See also
*Tobacco smoking
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References
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