Senoussi (cigarette)
Senoussi is a German brand of cigarettes that was owned and manufactured by Reemtsma, a division of Imperial Tobacco. Possibly, the name alludes to the Libyan religious brotherhood of the Senussi, which fought against the Italians who occupied Libya during World War I.[4][1]
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Product type | Cigarette |
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Owner | Imperial Tobacco |
Produced by | Reemtsma |
Country | Germany |
Introduced | 1921 |
Discontinued | 2002 |
Markets | Germany [1][2][3] |
The brand was discontinued in 2002.[5]
History
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Senoussi was created in 1921 and was launched in 1926 by Reemtsma, which manufactured and commercialise the brand until 2002.[5] Germany was the main sales market. There was, for a short period in the 1950s, only a filterless variant. The name and the look (a group of Arabs in a Burnous) put the type of oriental cigarette in the focus. When EU regulations came into force in 2002, further limiting the levels of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide, the brand, along with countless other orient cigarettes, disappeared off the shelves in Europe, along with many other oriental cigarette brands. Senoussi cigarettes contained 1.3 milligrams of nicotine and 22 milligrams of tar, years before the strength was reduced to 1.0 mg nicotine and 12 mg tar in the 1990s, a value held up to 2002 when the new EU regulations came into force. A special feature was the length that was roughly equal to those of cigarettes, while most other filterless cigarettes were much shorter.
Packaging
The packs and tin boxes show a colorful and decorative illustrations of a Bedouin tribe and contain various Egyptian symbols.[6] Marketing, Hanz Domizlaff was the original creator of the Senoussi design that was visible on the packs and tin boxes.[7][8][9]
See also
References
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- "ZIGARETTEN: Aroma der großen Welt". 29 April 1959. Retrieved 25 January 2018 – via Spiegel Online.
- "Literatur: Mit heißen Ohren durch die Lesewildnis". Nwzonline.de. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- "Vintage German Senoussi Cigarettes Tin Box 1920s". World4.info. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- "Museum der Arbeit". Fotoarchiv-reemtsma.de. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- Sumerauer, Peter. "Hans Domizlaff : Archiv - Aktuell - 100 Jahre Reemtsma – Werbewelten made in Hamburg". Hans-domizlaff-archiv.de. Retrieved 25 January 2018.