Popularne
 An old Polish pack of Popularne cigarettes | |
| Product type | Cigarette |
|---|---|
| Owner | Państwowe Zakłady Przemysłu (State Tobacco Industry) |
| Country | Poland |
| Discontinued | 1996 (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. Archived from the original on 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^"Leksykon papierosów". printo.republika.pl. Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. 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.
