Mantano is a Dutch brand of unfiltered
cigarettes
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, currently owned and manufactured by
British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BAT) is a British multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products including electronic cigarettes. The company, established in 1902, is headquartered in London, E ...
.
History
Mantano was created after
World War II
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and were especially popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Over time, the popularity of Mantano started to decrease because of increasing taxes on cigarettes, pushing Dutch smokers to buy cheaper (foreign) brands such as
Elixyr and Look Out. However, it is still one of the most known Dutch cigarette brands but is now mainly sold in specialised tobacco shops unlike
Caballero
Caballero (plural: Caballeros), the Spanish word for ''horseman'', ''knight'' or ''gentleman''. It can also refer to a indigenous or Hispano vaquero cowboy in New Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Other things the term can refer to:
Peop ...
and
Belinda
Belinda is a feminine given name of unknown origin, apparently coined from Italian ''bella'', meaning "beautiful". Alternatively it may be derived from the Old High German name ''Betlinde'', which possibly meant "bright serpent" or "bright lind ...
who are also still sold regularly in gas stations and supermarkets.
The cigarettes are made in packs of 25 and are unfiltered, similar to Caballero cigarettes, but a 25-pack filtered version also exists. The Dutch artist Frans Mettes created various posters and adverts from the 1960s up to the 1980s, when tobacco advertising became more strict. A few radio jingles have also been created during the 1970s.
Products
* Mantano Unfiltered Cigarettes
* Mantano Filter Cigarettes
Below are all the current brands of Mantano cigarettes sold, with the levels of
tar
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,
nicotine
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and
carbon monoxide
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included.
Discontinued
As of 2017 all sales off the Mantano brand were cancelled. Reason being the declining sales off the brand caused mostly by the steep prices compared to more mainstream brands.
See also
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Tobacco smoking
Tobacco smoking is the practice of burning tobacco and ingesting the resulting smoke. The smoke may be inhaled, as is done with cigarettes, or released from the mouth, as is generally done with pipes and cigars. The practice is believed to hav ...
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Caballero (cigarette)
Caballero is a Dutch brand of unfiltered cigarettes owned and manufactured by British American Tobacco (BAT). ''Caballero'' is the Spanish word for knight.
History
Caballero was founded shortly after World War II. In 1945, the Dutch advertising ...
*
Belinda (cigarette)
Belinda is a Dutch brand of cigarettes currently owned and manufactured by British American Tobacco.
History
Belinda was founded in the 1940s and quickly gained popularity in the Netherlands, especially amongst women (as it was targeted toward ...
References
{{British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco brands