It's not chauvinism, I just LOATHE the taste of American cigarettes. They taste... really gross. Like little cigars. I don't know how people can smoke them.
I've done some investigating.
The biggest brands in Canada are Du Maurier, Players, and Benson & Hedges. I've seen those three brands in a few states that border on Canada (Michigan and Illinois had B&H, North Dakota has Du Maurier and I think Players).
Du Mauriers taste the same in both countries but Benson & Hedges, which are the most delicious cigarette here IMO, taste like... CRAP in the States.
Du Maurier (my current brand) AND Player's, which are BY FAR the most popular brands here, are owned by Imperial Tobacco Canada, which is unrelated to Imperial Tobacco (the UK company which is the 4th largest tobacco company in the world). From what I can tell on the company's website, ITC is 100% Canadian without any foreign ownership. All cigarettes are manufactured in Canada.
After the popularity of Du Maurier and Player's, few other brands really occupy the market much here.
Benson & Hedges is owned by a few different companies depending on the region. The UK-based Gallaher Group owns it in the UK and Europe, but Phillip Morris owns it in Canada and the United States.
However, given just how massively overpowering Players and Du Maurier are on the Canadian market (as well as ITC's other popular brands, like Matinee and Avanti), it's reasonable to say that the majority of Canadian cigarettes sold are produced in Canada, by a Canadian company.
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Date: 2005-10-01 05:37 pm (UTC)From:I've done some investigating.
The biggest brands in Canada are Du Maurier, Players, and Benson & Hedges. I've seen those three brands in a few states that border on Canada (Michigan and Illinois had B&H, North Dakota has Du Maurier and I think Players).
Du Mauriers taste the same in both countries but Benson & Hedges, which are the most delicious cigarette here IMO, taste like... CRAP in the States.
Du Maurier (my current brand) AND Player's, which are BY FAR the most popular brands here, are owned by Imperial Tobacco Canada, which is unrelated to Imperial Tobacco (the UK company which is the 4th largest tobacco company in the world). From what I can tell on the company's website, ITC is 100% Canadian without any foreign ownership. All cigarettes are manufactured in Canada.
After the popularity of Du Maurier and Player's, few other brands really occupy the market much here.
Benson & Hedges is owned by a few different companies depending on the region. The UK-based Gallaher Group owns it in the UK and Europe, but Phillip Morris owns it in Canada and the United States.
However, given just how massively overpowering Players and Du Maurier are on the Canadian market (as well as ITC's other popular brands, like Matinee and Avanti), it's reasonable to say that the majority of Canadian cigarettes sold are produced in Canada, by a Canadian company.