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====Brand Player's No 6====
 
====Brand Player's No 6====
  
* [[Player's No 6 (Filter Virginia) KS-20-S (light blue and green and white) - Switzerland and England]]
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* [[Player's No 6 (Finest Virginia) S-10-H (light blue and green and white) - Question |Player’s No. 6 Filter (British version 1) S-10-H - origin unknown]]
* [[Player's No 6 (Finest Virginia) KS-20-S (brown and biege and white) - Switzerland and England]]
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* [[Player's No 6 (Finest Virginia) KS-20-S (brown and biege and white) - Switzerland and England |Player’s No. 6 Plain (British version 2) S-20-S - Switzerland]]
* [[Player's No 6 (Finest Virginia) S-10-H (light blue and green and white) - Question]]
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* [[Player's No6 S-20-H - England |Player’s No. 6 Plain (British version 2) S-20-B - England]]
* [[Player's No 6 KS-20-H (light blue and green and white) - England]]
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* [[Player's No 6 (Filter Virginia) KS-20-S (light blue and green and white) - Switzerland and England |Player’s No. 6 Filter (British version 2) KS-20-S - Switzerland]]
* [[Player's No6 S-20-H - England]]
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* [[Player's No 6 KS-20-H (light blue and green and white) - England |Player’s No. 6 Filter (British version) KS-20-H - England]]
  
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Player’s No. 6 was first introduced in the United Kingdom, in plain-end and filter, by Imperial Tobacco.  It was launched as a coupon brand in late 1965, and quickly became popular, reputedly capturing one-eighth of the cigarette market in Britain within a year of its roll-out.  It was introduced to Canada in 1967 by Imperial Tobacco Canada as a compact-sized cigarette (68 mm or less, compared with the 75 mm regular-sized cigarette).  It was sold in Canada as late as 1972, but did not survive the 1970s.
  
John Player founded his tobacco company in the mid-19th century in Nottingham, England.
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The brand was also launched in Europe.
In 1901, in response to competitive threats from the USA, the Player's business was merged in to the Imperial Tobacco Group (headquartered in Bristol and including other companies such as WD & HO Wills). However, Players cigarettes retained their own identity (in brands such as 'Navy Cut', 'No.6', 'John Player Special' and 'Gold Leaf') with their distinctive logo of a smoking sailor in a 'Navy Cut' cap.
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Go to [[ManufacturerImperial_Tobacco_Canada |Manufacturer Imperial Tobacco Canada]]
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Latest revision as of 09:28, 21 January 2009

Brand Player's No 6

Player’s No. 6 was first introduced in the United Kingdom, in plain-end and filter, by Imperial Tobacco. It was launched as a coupon brand in late 1965, and quickly became popular, reputedly capturing one-eighth of the cigarette market in Britain within a year of its roll-out. It was introduced to Canada in 1967 by Imperial Tobacco Canada as a compact-sized cigarette (68 mm or less, compared with the 75 mm regular-sized cigarette). It was sold in Canada as late as 1972, but did not survive the 1970s.

The brand was also launched in Europe.

Go to Manufacturer Imperial Tobacco Canada

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