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 An old Polish pack of Popularne cigarettes | |
| Product type | Cigarette |
|---|---|
| Owner | Państwowe Zakłady Przemysłu (State Tobacco Industry) |
| Country | Poland |
| Discontinued | 1996 |
| Markets | Polish People's Republic, Poland[1][2] |
| Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1 | |
Popularne is a Polish brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by the State Tobacco Industry in Kraków.[3][4] Consumers called them populares, killers or gwoździe (Polish for nails).[5]
History
Until the beginning of the 1980s, Popularne was called Sport.[6] Originally, the cigarettes did not have filters; Popularne with filters became available at the end of the 20th century. The content of tar and nicotine was higher Popularne than in modern manufactured cigarettes.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "BrandPopularne - Cigarettes Pedia".
- ↑ "Popularne".
- ↑ "Strona domeny legendy-PRL.pl".
- ↑ "Raport o produkcji papierosów w Polsce". www.poradnikhandlowca.com.pl. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ↑ "Leksykon papierosów". printo.republika.pl. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ↑ "Papierosy Popularne". legendy-prl.pl. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ↑ "Powrót "Popularnych"". www.wprost.pl. 17 December 2000. Retrieved 2009-08-21.