Cohiba (cigarette)

Cohiba is a brand of cigarettes. In 1987 she was a joint product of Habanos SA and Cita Tabaco de Canarias, SL created. As with Cohiba cigars of the same name comes the Tobacco those cigarettes from the Vuelta Abajo, the region of Cuba, which is known due to their particular location and soil conditions for excellent quality of tobacco. A burning cigarette Cohiba cigar smells accordingly rather than after like a typical cigarette smoke.

Design, Naming, Logo

The packaging shows - as in the same cigars - a dichotomy in black and white checked pattern and monochrome orange, each in gold lettering the COHIBA and Cigarillos NEGROS. The word Cohiba comes from the language of the Taino Indians and refers to a winding made ​​of tobacco leaves. The logo of Cohiba is the head of the Taino chief Hatuey, who is considered the first revolutionary Cuba. In the recent history of Cuba under Castro, than the Cohiba brand was created, Hatuey was thus a welcome motif. The cigarettes themselves are white throughout and have visual boundaries of the filter two circumferential lines and also Hatueys head, both again in golden color.

The design of the packaging has been slightly amended in 2006: Size of Schwarz-/Weißmusters, font size, golden line around the lettering COHIBA and between Orange and Schwarz-/Weiß-Bereich. The design of the cigarette and her imprint was retained.

The current design ( version of August 2013) reiterates detail changes to: The revolving golden line between Orange and S / W area was removed, the lettering Cigarillos Negros has been reduced so that it corresponds approximately to the height of the white squares. Approx. 70 % of the back are printed with a black and white warning.

Tobacco values

Had previously sold to Cuba cigarette the values ​​12 mg tar, 0.7 mg nicotine and 12 mg CO, bringing the Cigarillos Negros belonged to the stronger cigarettes. The simultaneously marketed in Germany goods had with 10 mg tar, 0.6 mg nicotine and 10 mg of carbon monoxide compared attenuated values ​​. In Germany, this brand is no longer commercially available, the goods currently available in Cuba ( version of August 2013) has 10 mg tar, 0.7 mg nicotine and 10 mg of carbon monoxide approximately the values ​​of the goods last sold in Germany.

Others

This cigarette was for the character Sebastian Rooks in Cypher movie - along with his love of single malt Scotch - the thread that helped him find his true identity.