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Blend
An old Finnish pack of Blend cigarettes, with a Finnish text warning at the bottom of the pack.
Product typeCigarette
Produced bySwedish Match AB
CountrySweden
Introduced1971; 53 years ago (1971)
MarketsSee Markets
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

Blend is a Swedish brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Swedish Match AB.[1]

History

Blend was introduced in 1971 by Swenska Tobaks AB as a low-tar cigarette brand.[citation needed] The first variant, which came to be known as Yellow Blend after the color of the package, had 12 milligrams of tar.[2] The following year, a menthol flavored variant was launched called Blend Blue.[3]

Markets

The brand's focal market is Sweden, but its products are also available in Finland, Spain and Russia.[4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Swedish Match - Svenska Tobaks AB". Swedishmatch.com. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Oförändrad lungcancerrisk med sänkt tjärhalt". Tobaksfakta (in Swedish). 2017-06-24. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  3. ^ "BrandBlend". Cigarettes Pedia. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  4. ^ "BrandBlend - Cigarettes Pedia". Cigarettespedia.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Blend". Zigsam.at. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  6. ^ "Brands". Cigarety.by. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.