The very blend of the dark tart Turkish tobaccos and the light Virginian ones suited smokers’ tastes. And this revolutionary receipt went down in history as “American Blend” and became the world standard for the whole tobacco industry. Reynolds staked on Camel having spent the lion's share of his advertising money on its campaign to introduce a new hero – ‘Old Joe’, an Arabian camel from the famous “Barnum and Bailey Circus”. Eventually Old Joe became the most popular animal ever. Reynolds is also the producer of Winston cigarettes.
Before the company started selling these new cigarettes, they published the very same “teasers” in newspapers of 88 American cities. The first day it was a picture of the ship of the desert accompanied by the message “CAMELS”, the next day the text was expanded to “the Camels are coming!” and on the third day the readers were notified about the fact that “Tomorrow there will be more Camels in this town than in all Asia and Africa combined”. And finally, on the fourth day the fascinated public was informed that “Camel cigarettes are here!” The warmed up audience rushed to buy cigarettes. Another way of cigarette promotion was publicizing through outdoor advertising in the crowded places. As a result in the first year the company sold 425 million Camel cigarettes and in six years, in 1921, half of the American smokers were buying only Camel. Neither before nor after this campaign did other brand manage to come to the top so fast.
In the 20’s women appeared in the Camel advertisements for the first time. Many Hollywood starts smoked Camel, and politicians kept up with them. During the War Camel positioned itself as cigarettes for soldiers, reminding them about home and consolidating their patriotism. But in the 50’s the brand was guided by traditional values – mainly it was material welfare. In 1999 RJR sold Camel brand to Japan Tobacco.
Nowadays you can easily buy cigarettes of the Camel brand online

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