In 1902, the British Imperial Tobacco Company and the US Company – American Tobacco Company founded the joint venture British American Tobacco Plc (BAT). Today it is one of the largest tobacco companies in the world. A subsidiary for Germany was founded as early as 1926. BAT has a number of successful cigarette and tobacco brands in its portfolio. Since 1960, Lucky Strike cigarettes and tobacco have also belonged to BAT and are produced by the group.
Lucky Strike cigarettes mean lucky strike, and the brand proved to be such: both for the manufacturers and for a very large number of smokers, which this traditional brand (from 1940 with the famous design by Raymond Loewy) was able to win over over time. Originally, Lucky Strike was a chewing tobacco popular with prospectors. The name was well chosen and certainly aroused positive associations among the adventurers. The history of the Lucky Strike cigarettes as a cigarette began in 1916.At that time, the first finished cigarettes were offered under the brand name. What followed was one impressive success story. It is known that the Lucky Strike cigarettes had already captured a market share of about 40 percent by the 1930s, making it the most successful cigarette in the USA.
The striking design of the Lucky Strike cigarettes was developed by design star Raymond Loewy with the aim of attracting more female smokers to the brand and moving away from the previously green pack. It shows an Indian chief named Wahunsanocock selling land to tobacco planters in the 16th century. (By the way, the famous daughter was a certain Pocahontas.)
Lucky Strike Original Red and Lucky Strike Original Red without filter are in a way the classics of the classics. The Lucky Strike without filter stands for the strongest and most intense aroma. Due to the mentioned special production with the toasted process in the oven, a taste is also achieved here that smokers describe as rounded and pleasant.
We offer our customers the brand that is popular with many smokers in various cigarette varieties: Lucky Strike Authentic Blue and Lucky Strike Authentic Red as well as Lucky Strike Authentic Amber or Lucky Strike Original Red with and without a filter and Lucky Strike Silver are available from stock. The varieties are available in different box sizes and also as sticks.