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Chesterfield cigarettes were primary manufacturedWorld War I connotation in brand advertising
and sold in 1883 by the Drummond Tobaccocampaigns. Soldiers were treated as heroes by many
Company of St. Louis, Missouri in the United States.people and soldiers smoking Chesterfield appeared in
They were later prepared by the Liggett &the advertisements. And in fact there was no lying as
Meyers Tobacco Company who later sold it to themany soldiers indeed preferred the non-filtered
Phillip Morris Company who is now under the umbrellaChesterfields which were one of the top selling
of the Altria Group.cigarettes in the USA next to Marlboro cigarettes.
Chesterfield was the preferred brand of James Dean,That fact was the base for it's advertise slogan "a
who was known to be a heavy smoker, often takingsilly millimeter longer", which was used in TV
in around 2 packs a day. Chesterfield was also thecommercials sung to the tune of the popular Ritchie
preferred brand of Humphrey Bogart (andValens song "La Bamba". In the 20th century, the
contributed to his death from throat cancer at theChesterfield cigarette trademark was one of the
age of 57), and Lucille Ball. Our store online offersmost distinguished in the world and one of the three
you the best prices for these cigarettes online.most smoked cigarettes.
At One time, Chesterfield was one of the threeThe Chesterfield brand name was very involved in
most smoked trademarks of Cigarettes in the UnitedAmerican society in the early 20th century and until
States. The non-Filtered version is known for beingthe new laws banned the tobacco industry from
very strong. For many years Chesterfield Cigarettesmany forms of advertising. The cigarettes were also
were produced by the Liggett & Myersfeatured in several popular movies, but now that the
Tobacco Company.laws have limited them you might not see them very
Chesterfield was the brand of choice for famousoften any more.
college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, who liked toChesterfield cigarettes are suggested in a diversity of
smoke underneath the goalpost prior to a game andstyles both filtered and unfiltered. The unfiltered style
continued to puff away as he prowled the sidelinesis not as common and is a little hard to find today
once the game started. Current NCAA strategysimply because the demand for them is not very
forbids the use of tobacco by any on-field personnel.large. It is called the Chesterfield Regular Non Filter
A stolen carton of Chesterfields was featured in Jimand is packaged in the traditional white packaging
Jarmusch's film Stranger than Paradise. Chesterfieldswith the Chesterfield logo splashed across the front
were featured in Tony Scott's film True Romance.of the package.
Chesterfield was featured as the sponsor on someThe filtered styles produced in the Ukraine include the
of the Dragnet radio series.following: Chesterfield Red, Classic Blue (Light) and
In the 1960's, print ads for Chesterfield featured colorClassic Bronze (Ultra Light). A song named
photographs of 4 smokers from various walks of life"Chesterfield King" by Jawbreaker is named after this
with the headline "Chesterfield People: They like abrand. It remains a popular brand in Europe.
mild smoke, but they don't like Filters." In the lateLate sixties were marked with the appearance of
1960's, when other trademarks brought outextra-long cigarettes, 100 millimeters in length. While
Extra-long 100 millimeter length Cigarettes,all brands produced these new fashionable varieties,
Chesterfield exposed its own version under the brandChesterfield hit the market with its new brand - 101.
name 101. The name came from the fact that it wasAn extra millimeter was added to these new
101 millimeters in length, 1 millimeter longer than itscigarettes and this was also heavily stressed in the
participants.company's advertisements.
Chesterfield marketers also actively exploited the