Basic (cigarette)

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Basic is a brand of lower-cost cigarettes manufactured by Philip Morris, a division of Altria Group.

As of 2005, Basic is the fourth most popular cigarette brand in the United States (following Marlboro, Newport, and Camel)[1] and the second most popular among white smokers age 26 and older.[2]

Basic comes in several different varieties:

  • Full Flavor
  • Full Flavor 100's
  • Lights
  • Lights 100's
  • Ultra Lights
  • Ultra Lights 100's
  • Full Flavor Menthol
  • Full Flavor Menthol 100's
  • Light Menthol
  • Light Menthol 100's
  • Ultra Light Menthol
  • Ultra Light Menthol 100's
  • Non-filtered

Additionally, they are available in soft and hard pack (flip-top box) packages.


[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Cigarette Brand Preferences in 2005. National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2007-01-12). Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
  2. ^ Chapter 7. Tobacco Product Brand Preferences. National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2007-01-12). Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
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