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Richmond is a British brand of fags, currently owned and manufactured by
Richmond are mainly sold in the
Imperial Tobacco
Imperial Brands plc (formerly Imperial Tobacco Group plc), is a British multinational tobacco company headquartered in Bristol, England. It is the world's fourth-largest international cigarette company measured by market share after Philip Mor ...
.
History
Richmond cigarettes were produced briefly in Canada by Imperial Tobacco, which introduced the brand in 1968 as a filtered kingsize. It was Imperial's first and only brand which used the Strickman Filter, an early high-filtration filter tip which was thought to reduceparticulate matter
Particulates – also known as atmospheric aerosol particles, atmospheric particulate matter, particulate matter (PM) or suspended particulate matter (SPM) – are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air. The t ...
in the smoke more effectively than the standard cellulose-acetate filter tip. These claims were later disproved, and the brand was withdrawn by the early 1970s.
Richmond was re-introduced into UK markets in 1999 as a value brand. The brand is in competition at the lower end of the market, against value UK cigarette brands such as Mayfair
Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world ...
, Sovereign and Park Road.
Markets
Richmond are mainly sold in the United Kingdom
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, but also were or still are sold in Luxembourg
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, Belgium
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, Finland
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, Belarus
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, Russia
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, Kazakhstan
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, Canada
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, Aruba, Curaçao
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, Bolivia
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, Paraguay
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, Uruguay
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and Argentina
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.
Products
Richmond's variants ''Superkings'' and ''King Size'' are the fourth and fifth top-selling brand of cigarettes in the UK respectively. They were characterised by the bright blue packaging, which in early 2006 underwent a redesign: the serif font used being replaced for a more modern sans-serif, and general appearance becoming more minimalist. However, since 20 May 2016, none of these colours have been manufactured on the packets due toplain tobacco packaging
Plain tobacco packaging, also known as generic, neutral, standardised or homogeneous packaging, is packaging of tobacco products, typically cigarettes, without any branding (colours, imagery, corporate logos and trademarks), including only the br ...
laws coming into force, excepting the Channel Islands
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, as of 31st July 2022; along with a local ban on menthol cigarette
A menthol cigarette is a cigarette flavored with the compound menthol.
Menthol cigarettes have been banned in several countries, including Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Turkey, Moldova, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the US states of Mas ...
s.
In 2008, new limited edition packs of Richmond cigarettes were released under the name "Chill Edition". In 2011, Richmond cigarette packaging across the brand varieties was updated, with the introduction of tactile feedback
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packaging experimented with in the 2008 Chill Edition packaging.
In August 2011, the Richmond brand introduced a new variant. 'Richmond Superslims' follow in the wider introduction to the UK tobacco products market of 'demi-slim' cigarettes, such as British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco plc (BAT) is a British multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products. The company, established in 1902, is headquartered in London, England. As of 2019, it is the larg ...
's Vogue Perle brand.
They come in the following varieties:
1. Richmond Original King Size and Superkings.
2. Richmond Bright (Smooth) King Size and Superkings.
3. Richmond Green Filter King Size and Superkings (formerly Richmond Green Fusion)
See also
*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 simply released from the mouth, as is generally done with pipes and cigars. The practice is belie ...
References
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