Kensitas Club (cigarette)
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 An old tin pack of Kensitas Club cigarettes | |
| Product type | Cigarette |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gallaher Group, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco |
| Country | Scotland |
| Markets | United Kingdom, France[1][2][3] |
| Tagline | "Kensitas - that's good!", "Our Belief, the Finest Leaf", "As good as really good cigarettes can be" |
| Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1 | |
Kensitas Club (commonly shortened to Club), is a Scottish brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Gallaher Group, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco. Before May 2017, Club cigarettes in UK came in a distinct blue packet with the Club name and a lion's head.
History
[edit]Early packaging and advertising literature featured the Kensitas butler, Jenkyn, always portrayed presenting the cigarettes on a tray. Jenkyn continued to be used by Kensitas in their advertising until the late 1950s.[4] Kensitas claimed that their cigarettes "were made by the Kensitas private process which includes the use of Ultra Violet Rays". Brand slogans included "Kensitas - that's good!", "Our Belief, the Finest Leaf" and "As good as really good cigarettes can be".[5][6]
Kensitas Club is available in a king size and a super king size variety. No 'light' or menthol substitutes are available. In August 2018, hand-rolling tobacco was added to the product range.[7] Although lights were available at one time, they have been discontinued.[citation needed] The brand built its popularity using gift coupons enclosed within cigarette packets which could be saved and redeemed at Kensitas Gift Centers in major UK cities.
Kensitas Club cigarette packs and tins, from the 1930s onwards, contained various series of cigarette cards. Series included flags of the British Empire, as well as countries in Europe.[8]
Each cigarette contains 10mg of carbon monoxide, 10mg of tar and 0.9mg of nicotine.
Deceptive advertising
[edit]In 1932 newspaper advertisements, deceptive copy was used to advertise Kensitas cigarettes by claiming they would "protect the throat" and promising that "1004 British Doctors have stated KENSITAS to be less irritating."[9][10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "BrandKensitas - Cigarettes Pedia". www.cigarettespedia.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "BrandKensitas Club - Cigarettes Pedia". www.cigarettespedia.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Kensitas". www.zigsam.at. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - 1950s full page colour advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes". Alamy. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "The World's Best Photos of cigarettes and kensitas". Flickr Hive Mind. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "BP-FRAME-030 - Kensitas Cigarettes, Tennis, 1950s - Framed Print 32x42cm Black". www.retrocards.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Roll up for Kensitas Club RYO launch". Scottish Local Retailer Magazine. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Collctable Tobacco cigarette cards set Kensitas Silk British Empire Flags". get-collectables.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "6 of the Most Unbelievably Terrible Tobacco Ads in History". Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [A] Group 1. Books. New Series". 1933.
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