Kenton was a German brand of
cigarette
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s, manufactured in
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
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History
Kenton was available in the variants ''"Aromatic Blend"'' (Blue), ''"Menthol"'' (Green) and ''"American Blend"'', later renamed in ''"Extra Quality"'' (Red).
The cigarettes had a filter and a length of 85 mm. The retail sales price was 3.20
Deutsche Mark
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in 1989. The packaging was a white soft pack with similarly colored diagonal stripes. These cigarettes were produced in the 1980s by the
Bulgaria
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n company
Bulgartabac
Bulgartabac Holding Group AD or simply Bulgartabac ( bg, Булгартабак) is a Bulgarian tobacco industry, tobacco holding company. Established in 1947 and based in the capital Sofia, it includes 11 joint-stock subsidiary companies in the to ...
in
Blagoevgrad
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See also
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Tobacco smoking
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