Laramie was a brand of
cigarettes
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extant in the
United States
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from the 1930s into the 1950s. Later, the name was used for a cigarette rolling kit. Laramie is currently a brand name for cigarette papers
"Vera Cruz Filter Tubes
vol XII, No 3, winter 2012, ''Roll Your Own'' magazine and cigarette tubes (rolling paper
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s pre-formed into a tube, for use in home tobacco injector systems) marketed by HBI International.
In popular culture
Although they have been out of production since the 1950s, Laramie cigarettes have appeared on ''The Simpsons
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''. In the show, they sponsor a child beauty pageant
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and have a corporate
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mascot
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named Menthol Moose
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, who can be seen at parades in Springfield.The Practice
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'' (season one, episode four), during a storyline about a tobacco lawsuit. In the 23rd episode of the 2nd season of ''The X-Files
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'', Laramie Tobacco is mentioned as a missing person's former workplace. Laramie was also the brand name used for cigarettes in the 1999 classic sci-fi horror game '' System Shock 2'', but the packaging design resembled that of ''Marlboro
Marlboro (, ) is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the United States and by Philip Morris International (now separate from Altria) outside the US. The largest Mar ...
''; very similar to ''Morley (cigarette)
Marlboro (, ) is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the United States and by Philip Morris International (now separate from Altria) outside the US. The largest Mar ...
'' from the tv show ''The X-Files
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''.
See also
* List of rolling papers
Rolling papers are small sheets, rolls, or leaves of paper which are sold for rolling cigarettes either by hand or with a rolling machine. When rolling a cigarette, one fills the rolling paper with tobacco, cannabis, cloves, damiana, hash o ...
References
Cigarette brands
Cigarette rolling papers
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