Laramie was a brand of cigarettes extant in the United States from the 1930s into the 1950s. Later, the name was used for a cigarette rolling kit. Laramie is currently a brand name for cigarette papers[1] and cigarette tubes (rolling papers pre-formed into a tube, for use in home tobacco injector systems) marketed by HBI International.
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Although they have been out of production since the 1950s, Laramie cigarettes have appeared on The Simpsons. In the show, they sponsor a child beauty pageant and have a corporate mascot named Menthol Moose, who can be seen at parades in Springfield.[2][3] Laramie has also appeared in The Practice (season one, episode four), during a storyline about a tobacco lawsuit. In the 23rd episode of the 2nd season of The X-Files, Laramie Tobacco is mentioned as a missing person's former workplace. Laramie was also the brand name used for cigarettes in the 1999 classic sci-fi horror game System Shock 2, but the packaging design resembled that of Marlboro; very similar to Morley (cigarette) from the tv show The X-Files.
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References[edit]
- ^ "Vera Cruz Filter Tubes, vol XII, No 3, winter 2012, Roll Your Own magazine
- ^ Chris Harrald; Fletcher Watkins (2010). The Cigarette Book: The History and Culture of Smoking. Skyhorse Pub. pp. 93–. ISBN 978-1-61608-073-0.
- ^ Chris Turner (28 May 2010). Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. Random House of Canada. pp. 199–. ISBN 978-0-307-36609-2.