Bond Street (cigarette)

Bond Street
Various old Russian packs of Bond Street cigarettes
Product type Cigarette
Owner Altria
Produced by Altria
Introduced 1902 (1902)
Markets See Markets

Bond Street is an international (non-US) brand of cigarettes produced by Philip Morris International (now Altria).[1][2]

History

Formerly called "Old Bond Street", the history of this brand goes back to year 1902. Philip Morris, the founder of the company, had a boutique on Bond Street in London. And 1902 was the year when one of the greatest admirers of the company, King Albert of Belgium, presented the boutique with the title of the Royal Tobacconist.[3][4]

In the mid-nineties there was a process of re-branding. In the 2006 a "premium" version, "Bond Street Special" was launched.

The brand is not available in the United Kingdom, despite the fact that it is named after a street in London.[5]

In 2016, it was the fifth-largest internation brand and had a volume of 45 billion cigarettes.[6]

Controversy

PMI not complying with Australian plain-packaging rules

In September 2012, it was reported that Philip Morris was breaking plain packaging laws.

The Australian Department of Health had written to Philip Morris warning its new plain packaging of its Bond Street cigarettes only "heavily resembles the plain packaging requirements".

"We note that if these products are sold, offered for sale or otherwise supplied after 1 December 2012 the packaging would not be compliant with the Act. The breach of the act could possibly expose the company to massive fines of up to $1.1 million". The department takes issues with the use of the word "cigarettes" in small type on the side of the packet, it says the outer surfaces of the packet must have a "matt finish and warns the pack may not be the correct colour - Pantone 448C.

The department had referred the health warnings contained on the pack to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to see if they complied with regulations.[7]

Markets

Bond Street are sold in the following countries: United States, Argentina, Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Hungarian People's Republic, Hungary, Czech Republic, Moldova, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Turkey, Sierra Leone, Togo, Israel, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand.[3][8][9]

Products

Available in three flavors:

  • Filter (red)
  • Lights (blue)
  • Super Lights (white)

and three more flavors of "Bond Street Special":

  • Rich (filter)
  • Mild (lights)
  • Fine (super lights)

References

  1. ↑ "Our Brands". pmi.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Novac, Jenny. "Bond Street cigarettes". cigarettesreporter.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 "BrandBond Street - Cigarettes Pedia". www.cigarettespedia.com.
  4. ↑ "Our History". pmi.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Big Smoke: How London Gave Cigarettes Their Name". 17 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Building Leading Brands". www.pmi.com.
  7. ↑ "'Ultimate sick joke from Big Tobacco'".
  8. ↑ "Bond Street". www.zigsam.at.
  9. ↑ "Brands". www.cigarety.by.


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