Imperial Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco PLC is the #1 cigarette maker in the UK, #2 in Germany and #4 worldwide, following its purchase of Reemtsma Zigarettenfabriken, adding brands such as Davidoff, Peter Stuyvesant and West to its line-up.
Imperial Tobacco began life as the business of the Bristol Wills family in the 1890s, although the family had been importing tobacco since 1786.
Cigarette brands:
- Davidoff - its leading premium brand
- Embassy
- Excellence
- John Player Special (JPS)
- Lambert & Butler
- Peter Stuyvesant
- Prima - a cheap Eastern European brand
- R1 - a very low tar & nicotine brand
- Richmond
- Route 66
- Superkings
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