Colt (cigarette)

Colt is a cigarette brand that was owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA. In Finland, it is owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco Finland Oy, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco.^[1]

Colt

Product type	Cigarette
Produced by	Philip Morris USA in the United States, Imperial Tobacco Finland Oy, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco in Finland
Introduced	1964; 61 years ago (1964)
Markets	See Markets
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

History

An old Finnish pack of Colt cigarettes, with both Finnish and Swedish text warnings at the bottom of the pack

Launched in 1964, Colt was originally a tobacco factory. In 1976, the company merged with Oy Rettig-Strengberg Ab. in Finland.^[2] The brand was also manufactured and sold in the United States by Philip Morris USA.

Besides cigarettes, Colt also produced smoking paraphernalia, such as cigarette lighters.^[3]

Sport sponsorship

Colt cigarettes sponsored the Finnish rally driver Henri Toivonen from 1979 until 1985, as well as the team he drove, called Colt Racing Team.^[4][5][6]

Markets

Colt is mainly sold in Finland, but also was or still is sold in Switzerland, Greece, Belarus, Russia, Indonesia, the United States, Brazil Japan, and Argentina.^[7][8][9]

See also

• Tobacco smoking
• Tobacco
• Cigarette