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Kensitas Club (commonly shortened to Club), is a Scottish brand of
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s, currently owned and manufactured by
Gallaher Group Gallaher Group was a United Kingdom-based multinational tobacco company which traded on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, prior to its acquisition by Japan Tobacco in April 2007. Japan Tobacco trades in th ...
, a subsidiary of
Japan Tobacco Hepburn: ''Nippon Senbai Kōsha'' , type = 1985-: Public (''kabushiki gaisha'') 1949-1985: Statutory corporation , traded_as = , industry = FoodTobacco , foundation = 1898 (as Imperial Japanese Tobacco Company)1 June 1949 (as 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

Early packaging and advertising literature featured the Kensitas
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, Jenkyn, always portrayed presenting the cigarettes on a tray. Jenkyn continued to be used by Kensitas in their advertising until the late 1950s. 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"''. Kensitas Club is available in a king size and a super king size variety. No 'light' or
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substitutes are available. In August 2018, hand-rolling tobacco was added to the product range. Although lights were available at one time, they have been discontinued. The brand built its popularity using gift coupons enclosed within cigarette packets which could be saved and redeemed at Kensitas Gift Centres in major UK cities. Kensitas Club cigarette packs and tins, from the 1930s onwards, contained various series of
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s. Series included flags of the
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, as well as countries in
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. In February 2018 the brand was relaunched at a price of around £7.65 for a pack of 20. Before this a pack had cost around £10.55. All packs of 10 cigarettes were made illegal in UK in May 2017. Each cigarette contains 10 mg of
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, 10 mg of
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and 0.9 mg of
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.


Deceptive advertising

In 1932 newspaper advertisements, deceptive
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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."


See also

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Tobacco smoking Tobacco smoking is the practice of burning tobacco and ingesting the resulting smoke. The smoke may be inhaled, as is done with cigarettes, or simply released from the mouth, as is generally done with pipes and cigars. The practice is believed ...


References

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