Africaine (cigarette)

Africaine is a Luxembourgish brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by "Landewyck Tobacco".[3] Africaine is French for African.

Africaine
An old Luxembourgish pack of Africaine cigarettes, with a Luxembourgish text warning at the bottom of the pack.
Product typeCigarette
Produced byLandewyck Tobacco
CountryLuxembourg
IntroducedEarly 1940s
MarketsLuxembourg, Germany, Italy[1][2]

History

Africaine was launched in the early 1940s. During World War II, Maryland was launched because of the lack of raw tobacco that was available at the time to produce Africaine cigarettes.[4] After the end of the war, the brand became popular within Luxembourg and is known as a classic brand there.

Various advertising posters were made for Africaine cigarettes.[5][6][7]

The brand is mainly sold in Luxembourg, but it was or still is sold in Germany and Italy.[8][9]

See also

References
  1. "BrandAfricaine - Cigarettes Pedia". Cigarettespedia.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. "Africaine". Zigsam.at. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. "Landewyck: cigarettes". Hvl.lu. Archived from the original on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  4. "Landewyck: History - Sales". Hvl.lu. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  5. "Lucifer Etiketten - Matchbox labels - Etiquette allumettes : Sigaretten - Cigarettes". Collector-items. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  6. "Vintage Advertisement Poster for Africaine Cigarettes, 1950s for sale at Pamono". Pamono.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  7. "KUNST & AUKTIONSHAUS HERR | LAURITZ.COM: Emailschild Africaine". Herr-auktionen.de. Archived from the original on 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  8. "BrandAfricaine". Cigarettes Pedia. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  9. "Africaine". Zigsam.at. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
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