Gauloises Cigarettes

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Gauloises is a well known brand which was first manufactured in France. It is currently produced by the Imperial Tobacco Company following their acquirement of Altadis in January 2008. Gauloises products are manufactured in many countries; some of them are Switzerland, Central Europe and Philippines. The company is so famous primarily because of the cigarette it produces.

Imperial Tobacco Company which produces this cigarette brand also manufactures cigarettes like Davidoff and few others. Gauloises Cigarettes are so fine and tasty because of the raw materials used to produce them. The producers of this brand use dark tobacco which is imported from Turkey and Syria. Gauloises cigarettes which were made earlier were short pieces, were un-filtered type and had a strong special smell. The packaging of this brand is very stylish and interesting. Try this brand and enjoy the true taste of quality tobacco.

In 1984 the raw materials were changed and instead of dark tobacco, light tobacco was used to make these cigarettes. The variety which was made using light tobacco was named as Gauloises Blondes. During the early half of the 20th Century smoking these cigarettes was considered as patriotic and a connection with the French values. The cigarettes also represented important art figures in the entire world like Pablo Picasso or musicians like Jim Morrison.

You can see reference to Gauloises in many movies and novels too. When this brand was at its peak this was one of the most smoked cigarette among writers and artists. James Bond, Ian Fleming's hero is said to smoke this brand, but James Bond preferred to order his cigarettes from Morland's Special Blend of Grosvenor Street, and in every story written by Julio Cortázar. Smoking Gauloises is mentioned in the serial for teenagers Gossip Girl. George Orwell a well-known writer said that he smokes the Gauloises tobacco brand in Down and Out in Paris and London.