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Parliament Cigarettes

Parliament cigarettes were introduced in 1931, and immediately became popular thanks to the unique cigarette filter. Soft flavor and smooth taste makes the smokers buy this brand. The manufacturers use only the best tobacco blends and carefully selected additives to ensure high quality. You will hardly find an advertisement of Parliament cigarettes, as they are not a mass product.

Parliament cigarette brand is a kind of phenomenon of the Russian market, because their sales reach 15% in Russia in comparison with 3.5% on American market from the entire Philip Morris production. Initially, Parliament cigarettes were the first distributed outside the USA, they were popular only in Japan, Argentina, Israel, Turkey and Russia till recently. On the other European Markets they were not well-known up to Philip Morris had launched a small but focused ad campaign.

Parliaments cigarettes are distinctive for their recessed paper filter, in contrast to the solid foam filters on other filtered discount cigarettes. They are sold in "light", "ultra-light", "100s", and menthol varieties, in addition to the regular "king-size" cigarettes, called "Parliament Full Flavors". Discount Parliament cigarettes are characterized by a sharp, tangy flavor. It is not a secret that Parliament's unique filter is used for snorting cocaine. Popular nicknames for the "king-size" and light boxes, respectively, are "P-Funks" and "P-Lights." The former takes its name from the popular funk group P-Funk, or Parliament Funkadelic, most famous for its headliner, George Clinton (funk musician). Though Parliaments represent a small share of Phillip Morris's cigarette sales (1.7% based on sales figures in the first quarter of 2004), they are rather popular among smokers in their 20s in the United States and Russia.

 

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