Cabinet is a

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cigarette A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing a combustible material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end, causing it to smolder; the resulting smoke is orally inhaled via the opp ...

s, currently owned and manufactured by

Reemtsma Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH is one of the biggest tobacco and cigarette manufacturing companies in Europe and a subsidiary of Imperial Brands. The company's headquarters is in Hamburg, Germany. History Reemtsma was created in 1910 in Erf ...

, a subsidiary of

Imperial Brands Imperial Brands plc (formerly Imperial Tobacco Group plc), is a British multinational tobacco company headquartered in Bristol, England. It is the world's fourth-largest international cigarette company measured by market share after Philip Mo ...

(formerly, "Imperial Tobacco"). It is mainly sold and found in the

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History

Cabinet cigarettes were introduced in the

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(GDR) in 1972 and were produced by the operating state-owned ''"VEB

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Nordhausen"'' as well as the ''"Vereinigte Zigarettenfabriken"'' in

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. Before Reemtsma acquired the brand, monthly production was approximately 800 million cigarettes, and the market share was 33 percent in 1989. After Reemtsma took over the production, market share fell below 10 percent in 1990.''Die Tabakbranche erlebt im neuen deutschen Osten eine Überraschung - den Rauchern schmeckt das Westkraut nicht.''
In: ''Der Spiegel.'' 45/1990. Production took place in

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until the late 1990s when the site was closed. Production continued at the headquarters of Langenhagen. After the

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, Reemtsma changed the Cabinet brand to accommodate Western standards;

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were reduced, and the tobaccos were remixed to be "lighter and wholesome". New variants and packaging were also introduced. Many GDR smokers, accustomed to stronger smoke, did not like the changes and the brand lost significant market share after the changes A 20-pack of Cabinet cigarettes in the GDR costed about 3.20

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Markets

Cabinet was mainly sold in

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, but also was or is still sold in

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and

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Products

* Cabinet Red * Cabinet Blue * Cabinet Gold * Cabinet Fresh * Cabinet Spice Below are all the current brands of Cabinet cigarettes sold including the levels of

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and

carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a colorless, poisonous, odorless, tasteless, flammable gas that is slightly less dense than air. Carbon monoxide consists of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom connected by a triple bond. It is the simple ...

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