Newport (cigarette)
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Newport, introduced in 1957, is a brand of menthol cigarettes produced by the Lorillard Tobacco Company in Greensboro, North Carolina. Lorillard Tobacco Company is the oldest Tobacco Company in the United States. The cigarettes are produced in full flavor, medium, and light varieties, and packaged in two sizes: 72s, and 100s. Newport lights, full flavour, and full flavour 100 are available in softpacks.
Newport cigarettes are known to smokers for their intensity (high nicotine and tar content). They have the highest nicotine and tar content of all cigarette brands, and are among the top 5 in highest price[citation needed]. The common Newport box contains white top, with "Newport" written on it, and from then on, horizontal green stripes.
Newport is also the number one menthol cigarette in the United States (as of 2001), and the most popular cigarette brand behind Marlboro's[citation needed]. Newport cigarettes are particularly popular among the African-American community; in 2004 a survey showed that 86% of the cigarettes purchased by African-American residents of the United States were Newport, and Newport Lights. Additionally they also are very popular among younger smokers in the North East.
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