CigSeo, Author at Cigsspot

What Does Advertising Really Sell Us?

Tobacco advertising was banned for a reason. Believe me, tobacco creatives knew exactly how to control our desires.) The mechanism of advertising and now works the same way, but it was tobacco needed to maintain a strict balance (because tobacco is harmful)) and at the same time successfully sell the product. Briefly about the manipulation […]

History of one manipulation, or how anti-tobacco activists create “facts” for themselves

Back in 2006, another scandal erupted in the world of anti-tobacco campaigns – the largest US tobacco companies were accused of artificially increasing the amount of nicotine in their cigarettes, while keeping it secret from the consumers themselves. The purpose, of course, was to increase the army of unhappy smokers with the mass of “addicted […]

Who really invented the Zippo?

For most, the answer is unequivocal – George Grant Blaisdell! At least that’s what Wikipedia says. But in fact, there are very serious doubts about this statement. And the first thing that reinforces this doubt is the fact that Zippo were not the first lighters with wind shields, making them all-weather. Such lighters first appeared […]

Tobacco Battle: Parliament or Sobranie – to find out whose tobacco is better. Which is more profitable to smoke?

Dear readers, I start a new rubric on my blog “Tobacco Battle”. The main purpose of this column is to compare two brands of cigarettes and find the best option. The heroes of today’s review will be two premium cigarette brands Parliament and Sobranie. They are in the same price range. Thanks to this, the […]

What was smoked in the ’90s? Cigarettes of England

Yes, that’s what it was.) It’s true that there weren’t many purely English brands on the market, especially if you compare them to all the others. But what cigarettes they were! Dunhill International. Of course, this is the first brand that comes to mind when “inquiring” about “English cigarettes. The chic two-section cigarette cases, nicknamed […]

Cigarettes that weren’t there. What do you smoke at the movies?

I will continue the series of articles about the “dream world” and the fantasies of film directors. But with a twist appropriate to CigsSpot Blog.) So, what exactly do movie characters smoke? Nails. This brand was featured in many of Kevin Smith’s movies: Clerks in 1994, Dogma in 1999, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike […]

What young people smoke: Kent Crystal Mix cigarettes

More recently I did a similar review, based on researching a lot of youthful sub-publics, on the topic of “how to be an adult”… No, of course not)) Kids have been living their own lives for a long time and smoke not to imitate their parents (besides, not all parents of their offspring smoke), but […]

The subtleties or facts and curiosities of cigarette branding in pictures

Now it may seem that the design of cigarette packages does not make any sense, I mean the new brands, and the computer comes up with the name)). However, they say that this is wrong, and marketers, if they are involved in the creation of a new brand, carefully design not only the color combination […]

Tobacco Stories: Tobacco in War

As it happens, tobacco was a soldier’s best friend. And in all wars. I don’t know about now, but up until the 1980s, tobacco was considered a strategic raw material. That partnership is what this article will be about. Today I will look at the example of World War I as a key event in […]

“LD” cigarette tasting.

Today I will continue my review of the “budget segment” cigarettes, responding to your requests for tastings. I will not dwell in detail on the history of the brand. I will only say that the brand began with LD Filters or LD “red” in king size format. During its not too long history the brand […]