R. J. Reynolds Cheap Cigarettes Tobacco Company

R.J. Reynolds is very famous for producing cheap cigarettes brands like Camel Cigarettes, Pall Mall Cigarettes, Winston Cigarettes and Capri Cigarettes. Richard Joshua "R.J." Reynolds (1850-1918) was born in the USA and he found one of the largest cheap cigarettes companies in the world R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. He was born in Virginia and he was a son of tobacco farmer. In 1874 R.J. sold his share of the family tobacco business and moved to Winston-Salem, NC where he started his own tobacco cigarettes company. He finished Duke University and worked part time while attending college.

RJ’s Sister Nancy Reynolds decided to give Virginia Tech 710 acres of Rock Spring Plantation and later in 1980 gave VT another 7 acres of land. Nancy also created endowment of $1.7 million to provide cultural programming to the surrounding VA community to run a forestry research center and she founded scholarship program for Patrick County high school students.

Camel cheap cigarettes were first introduced in 1913 and became R.J. Reynolds tobacco company first major cigarette brand and the country’s first nationally marked cigarette. Camel’s cigarette unique blend of flue-colored, burley exotic Turkish tobaccos made it the US No. 1 selling brand all over the world in the first few years of it’s introduction to the cheap cigarette market.

Pall Mall cheap cigarettes were introduced later in 1899 and also earned it’s reputation as first premium cigarettes and in 1939 Pall Mall launched it’s “king-size” (85 millimeter) cigarette and later in 1966 first 100-milimiter cigarettes giving smokers more value for the same money.

Winston Cigarettes were introduced to the world in 1954 and became the first nationally popular cheap cigarette. Winston cigarettes became the best-selling cigarette brand in USA in 1966 gaining its popularity among smokers. Winston cigarettes is among US top 10 selling brands and it’s “Leave the Bull Behind” attitude is backed by its unique, additive-free product and smooth tobacco taste.