555 cigarettes – a very many-sided brand
555 State Express cigarettes are a brand of cigarettes produced by British American Tobacco. This company started its activity in 1915 and today it is the second most popular trademark in Asia, yielding the palm just to such a well-known tobacco giant as Philip Morris International.
555 State Express cigarettes are mostly preferred in China and Malaysia, where BAT holds a leading position. Also, the Indonesian President Sukarno was very fond of these cigarettes.
555 State Express tobacco products became famous primarily, thanks to their sponsorship activities. For more than one decade, the brand supported development of motor sport.
Thus, the logo of 555 cigarettes could be seen as the inscription on the series of racing cars Subaru World Rally Championship, produced between 1993 and 2004. In principle, Subaru still uses the mark of 555 in blue and yellow colors on their vehicles.
Besides racing, 555 State Express brand was marked in other areas. So, with its support in 1996 there was released the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, which at that time was quite popular in the United States. In 1980, the brand became a sponsor of the Olympic Games, in 1979 and 1982 with its financial support there was held the championship in badminton.
Since 555 State Express cigarettes were produced not only in the US but in other countries, then under the same name of tobacco products data offered by various online stores and all kinds of outlets, there can be hidden different producing countries.
Thus, 555 State Express cigarettes Filter Kings were released at different times in the UK (in 60-s and 70-s), Japan (1970), Singapore (2000), UAE (2003), Mauritius (2004), USA (2006), Antigua (2008) and Grenada (2008). In its turn, 555 State Express brand in the 1940s was produced in Switzerland, and in 1960 it was made in the UK.
Other modifications of 555 cigarettes:
— State Express 555 International Filter (Argentina, the end of the 1970s);
— State Express 555 International (China, 2000);
— State Express 555 Equinox (Hongkong, 2000 год);
— State Express 555 International Lights (China, 2000 год);
— State Express 555 Lights (Taiwan, 2001);
— State Express 555 Smooth (Taiwan, 2000);
— State Express 555 Smooth The Ultra Low Tar (Taiwan, 2001);
— State Express 555 Sphere (New Zealand, 2008).
By demonstrating the existing 555 State Express cigarettes assortment we offer you such versions as 555 State Express Kings Gold (England), which contains 10 mg of tar and 1 mg of nicotine, and 555 State Express Kings Mandarin (England) consisting of 0.7 mg of nicotine and 8 mg of tar.