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Port Tobacco, officially Port Tobacco Village, is a town in Charles County, in southern Maryland, United States. The population was 13 at the 2010 census, making Port Tobacco the smallest incorporated town in Maryland.
- Port Tobacco Historic District
Port Tobacco Historic District is a national historic...
- Port Tobacco Historic District
Port Tobacco Village é uma cidade localizada no estado americano de Maryland, no Condado de Charles . Demografia. Segundo o censo americano de 2000, a sua população era de 15 habitantes. [ 1] . Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 19, [ 2] um aumento de 4 (26.7%). Geografia.
Port Tobacco Historic District is a national historic district in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland. It is located along both sides of Chapel Point Road immediately south of Maryland Route 6. It includes five surviving 18th- and 19th-century buildings; four have been privately restored as single-family residences.
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Newport was launched in 1957 by the Lorillard Tobacco Company. The cigarette originated within Ireland[citation needed] and was introduced to the culture mostly for the male drinkers of the time. The spinnakerpresent on all packs since the late 1950s is meant to capitalize on the association with sailing. The original Newport had a white filter and...
Lorillard advertised Newport in various ways. TV advertisements were created in the 1960s to promote the brand. Once TV advertisements were banned in the United States, Lorillard advertised the brand through poster advertisements. The Newport ads in this theme range from 1980 to present day and feature the "Newport Pleasure" or "Alive with Pleasure...
Newport is mainly sold in the United States, except in Massachusetts and California, where menthol cigarettes are banned..
Lorillard handing out free cigarettes to children
A lawsuit against the Lorillard Tobacco Company alleged that in the late 1960s, company vans were used to make regular trips to housing projects where free Newport cigarettes were given to children.Evidence showed that the deceased plaintiff died of lung cancer, but that she started smoking at age nine after receiving free Newport cigarettes near the black playground in Boston. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Courtupheld $35 million of damages against Lorillard Tobacco Company while revers...
Newport and targeting of African-Americans
In the 1960s, Lorillard specifically targeted African Americansto sell Newport cigarettes. Lorillard increased its African American market budget by 87% over 1968 due to increased efforts marketing its menthol cigarette, Newport, to the African American market. Government surveys in 2011 revealed that menthol cigarettes dominated 30% of the overall market, and over 80% of black smokers prefer menthol as opposed to 22% of non-Hispanic white smokers.In 2016, it was reported that Newport was the...
Newport and targeting teenagers
In September 2016, it was reported that R.J. Reynolds was specifically targeting black teenagers and young adults to sell Newport cigarettes. Reynolds American Inc., the parent firm that owns Newport, was pushing the brand on people in their 20s — with pop-ups at music festivals like Las Vegas' Electric Daisy Carnival, a notorious destination for teen-partiers, which was recently pressured to raise its age requirements. Dubbed "Newport Pleasure Lounges", the air-conditioned party trucks were...
Newport cigarettes come in several varieties: Full Flavor, Medium, and Lights. In the United States, in June 2010, "Medium" and "Lights" were re-branded into "Blue" and "Gold" respectively. On the box, the words "Menthol Box" for shorts and "Menthol Box 100s" for 100s were replaced simply with "Cigarettes." Each variety is sold in 85mm soft packs (...
- R. J. Reynolds
Settled in the 17th century, Port Tobacco grew to become one of Maryland's largest international seaports in the years before the American Revolution. The town served as the seat of Charles County from 1727-1895, but its history began with the precolonial Native American Villages of Potopaco to the current residents of the town.
Port Tobacco was the site of a Native American settlement of the late Woodland period, noted by English explorer Captain John Smith in 1608, prior to its establishment by European settlers in 1684. By the mid-eighteenth century the town was one of the largest and most cohesive on Maryland’s Western Shore.
23 de nov. de 2019 · Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1727. Location. 38° 30.676′ N, 77° 1.195′ W. Marker is in Port Tobacco, Maryland, in Charles County.
