| General info : | | Camel is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in the United States and by Japan Tobacco, Inc. outside the U.S.
Most recently Camel cigarettes contain a blend of Turkish tobacco and Virginia tobacco. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the city where R. J. Reynolds was founded, is nicknamed "Camel City" because of the brand's popularity.
In 1913, Richard Joshua "R. J." Reynolds, founder of the company that still bears his name, innovated the packaged cigarette. Prior cigarette smokers had rolled their own, which tended to obscure the potential for a national market for a pre-packaged product. Reynolds worked to develop a more appealing flavor, creating the Camel cigarette, which he so named because it used Turkish tobacco in imitation of then-fashionable Egyptian cigarettes. Reynolds priced them below competitors, and within a year, he had sold 425 million packs.
In 2012, Camel was surpassed by Pall Mall as R. J. Reynolds' most popular brand.
In June 2012, Camel Filters were discontinued in the United Kingdom. | |
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| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Japan Tobacco, Inc.Outside USA | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Inside USA | |
| Relations : | | Founded by : Richard Joshua "R. J." Reynolds1913 | |
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