Are there class b cigarettes

It's not hard to imagine that if there are Class A cigarettes, somewhere there are also Class B cigarettes. However, there are not; or rather, there are notional Class B cigarettes, but none in actual existence. My first thought on this was that the classes were some kind of measures of quality; something like FDA grading for meat. Of course this isn't the case - even the super-extra-more-discount-than- Doral s cigarettes that are only available in off-brand gas stations in the bad part of town, the kind that are probably made from coal mine tailings mixed with whatever they sweep off the floor in the factories where they make major brand cigarettes - even these are Class A.

The truth is that the classes are a measure of weight, which determines how much tax is due on them, and Class B cigarettes are the heavier ones. So heavy, in fact, that for cigarettes to qualify as Class B, they'd have to be six or seven inches long, or almost as wide around as they are long. Neither of which is a particularly appealing quality in a cigarette.

Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Class of Cigarette Brands. Edit source History Talk 0. Taxation [ ] Class means a different thing when not referring to it from a connoisseur perspective. You can help Tobacco Wiki by expanding it. Electrical cigarettes! Cigarettes with stainless steel linings! This just shows what a bad attitude we have. Cliff patiently explained that in fiscal , 83, class B cigarettes were produced, and million were taxed.

The market for class B cigarettes was declining rapidly. We asked Cliff: have you ever seen a class B cigarette? Sure, Cliff said. At last he found what he wanted: a brand called Cigarettellos. But we found out. Cigarettellos were manufactured by Nat Sherman International, a purveyor of fine tobacco products in New York City and for many years one of the only makers of class Bs. On the horn with Joel Sherman, president of Nat Sherman International, we ascertained the following truths:.

This gives you a clue as to the long-term marketing problem faced by this brand. But they sold in minuscule quantities — mostly through specialty tobacco shops — and they were a pain to make.

But Joel, we said, you pulled the plug on a product that was moving million in its last year.