Sobranie

Sobranie Cocktail cigarettes

The Sobranie (Russian: Собрание, "Gathering", "Collection", "Assembly") cigarette brand is one of the oldest luxury tobacco brands in the world. Sobranie of London was established in 1879 by the Redstone family, when cigarettes had just become fashionable in Europe. Several generations of the Redstone family blended this tobacco from a secret formula. The original cigarettes were handmade in the Russian tradition. Sobranie was the supplier of the Imperial Court of Russia, and of the royal courts of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Spain, Romania, and Greece. In the early 1980s, the trademarks for Sobranie were sold to Gallaher Group, one of the English conglomerates, which continued to produce it, albeit with a modified formula, at various places in Europe. Gallaher was subsequently purchased by Japan Tobacco. House of Sobranie offers a range of distinctive and luxurious premium cigarettes.

Premium varieties include the evening-out styles Sobranie Cocktail and Sobranie Black Russian, which are produced in Ukraine and as of 2005 in Russia itself. Sobranie also produces several styles geared specifically for women, some slimmer than standard cigarettes and others brightly coloured

• Cocktails are five separate bright pastel shades with a gold foil filter, and are the same ring gauge as standard cigarettes, unlike Nat Sherman's Fantasias, which are slimmer and use deeper, primary colours.
• Black Russians are black paper with a gold foil filter end. While both Cocktail and Black Russian variants are emblazoned with the Russian imperial eagle and use blends suited to Russian tastes, this is a blend different from Cocktails.

The logotype used on the packets is identical to a lesser version of the Coat of arms of Russia dating 1883.

Varieties

Sobranie Black Russian cigarettes

• Sobranie Classic cigarettes (Tar - 14 mg; Nicotine - 1 mg)
• Sobranie Classic Lights (Tar - 10 mg; Nicotine - 0.01 mg)
• Sobranie Black Russians (Tar - 7 mg; Nicotine - 0.7 mg)
• Sobranie White Russians (Tar - 8 mg; Nicotine - 0.01 mg)
• Sobranie Cocktail (Tar - 5 mg; Nicotine - 0.5 mg)
• Sobranie Blues (Tar - 5 mg; Nicotine - 0.01 mg)
• Sobranie Mints (Tar - 5 mg; Nicotine - 0.5 mg)
• Sobranie Pinks (Tar - 5 mg; Nicotine - 0.01 mg)
• Sobranie Whites (Tar - 1 mg; Nicotine - 0.01 mg)
• Sobranie Yellow (citrus menthol) (Tar - 5 mg; Nicotine - 0.5 mg; Carbon Monoxide 5 mg) – sold in China with English and Chinese text on packet, displaying a health warning on the lower region of the packet.
• Sobranie Gold (Tar - 4 mg; Nicotine - 0.01 mg; Carbon Monoxide 5 mg)

See also

• Fashion brands
• Smoking culture
• Coat of arms of Russia

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