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Camel Cigarettes
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The most famous variety of Camel Cigarettes was the soft pack of the regular, unFiltered variety. Camel regulars achieved the zenith of their popularity through personalities such as news broadcaster edward R. Murrow, who smoked up to four packs of Camel regulars per day, in effect using a Camel cigarette as his trademark.
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The camel in the logo is of the dromedary variety. In languages other than English, a distinction is made between camels and dromedaries, so the name and image don't coincide. The name was chosen because in the early 20th century travels to far away places were in vogue and a camel symbolised that nicely.
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You’d think the makers of Camel cigarettes et al would be experienced enough with litigation by now to get their own domain name…or perhaps they don’t have enough cash left after the settlement. Regardless, find them here, and not at the above:
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The whole tour is Camel sponsored. Camel is doing these little tours now, where they offer people on their mailing list the first crack at tickets. They're getting a completely ridiculous amount of money to do it.
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Of trivial interest is the image of the camel on the packet itself. According to legend, the artist who drew the image of the camel was Belgian. He didn't like the marketing manager from Camel
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Camel's quest for the underage crowd still continues though. Since the ban of their icon, Camel has created a whole new marketing blitz designed to shovel their cancer sticks down kids' throats, including lacing them with a chocolate-mint flavor during the holidays.
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