Drina (cigarette)
{{Short description|Bosnian cigarette brand}}
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| name = Drina
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| image = Drina Sa Denifine (Full flavour).png
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| caption = An old Bosnian pack of Drina cigarettes, with a Bosnian text warning at the bottom of the pack.
| type = Cigarette
| currentowner = Sarajevo Tobacco Factory
| producedby =
| origin = Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| related =
| markets = See Markets
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| footnotes = Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1
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Drina is a Bosnian brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by the Sarajevo Tobacco Factory.{{cite web|url=http://www.cigarettespedia.com/index.php/BrandDrina|title=BrandDrina|website=Cigarettes Pedia|accessdate=2017-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230022704/http://www.cigarettespedia.com/index.php/BrandDrina|archive-date=2017-12-30|url-status=live}} The brand is named after the Drina river, which forms a part of the international border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
The brand was founded after the end of World War II in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The brand quickly became one of the most popular cigarette brands in Yugoslavia, similar to brands such as Morava and Drava.{{cite web|url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=1058043|title=Vreme 1119 - Kultura secanja: Kako smo popusili domace cigarete|website=vreme.com|accessdate=2017-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622032420/https://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=1058043|archive-date=2018-06-22|url-status=live}} The brand is one of the few ex-Yugoslavian cigarette brands that survived the breakup of Yugoslavia and is still sold today, being the best-selling brand in Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{cite web|url=http://chartsbin.com/view/lh1|author=ChartsBin|website=chartsbin.com|title=Best selling Cigarette brand in each Country|accessdate=2017-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824092010/http://chartsbin.com/view/lh1|archive-date=2013-08-24|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.express.hr/life/yu-logika-filter-57-pakirao-se-naopako-evo-zasto-8205|title=YU-logika: Filter 57 pakirao se naopako. Evo zašto|website=Express.hr|accessdate=2017-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211213658/https://www.express.hr/life/yu-logika-filter-57-pakirao-se-naopako-evo-zasto-8205|archive-date=2017-12-11|url-status=live}} The brand is unique as it uses special Ravnjak tobacco instead of traditional Virginia or Burley tobacco.{{cite web|url=https://www.occrp.org/index.php/en/projects/tobacco-project/32-bosnia-and-herzegovina/54-up-in-a-puff-of-smoke|website=occrp.org|title=Up in A Puff of Smoke|accessdate=2017-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317102207/https://www.occrp.org/index.php/en/projects/tobacco-project/32-bosnia-and-herzegovina/54-up-in-a-puff-of-smoke|archive-date=2018-03-17|url-status=live}}
Markets
Drina was or still is being sold in the following countries: Switzerland, Austro-Hungarian Bosnia, Monarchist Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Socialist Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{cite web|url=http://www.cigarettespedia.com/index.php/BrandDrina|title=BrandDrina - Cigarettes Pedia|website=www.cigarettespedia.com|access-date=2017-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230022704/http://www.cigarettespedia.com/index.php/BrandDrina|archive-date=2017-12-30|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zigsam.at/B_Drina.htm|title=Drina|website=www.zigsam.at|access-date=2017-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317035742/http://www.zigsam.at/B_Drina.htm|archive-date=2018-03-17|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cigarety.by/brand.php?n=10&l=27&p=0&w%253D%25C4%25D0%25C8%25CD%25C0+DRINA+|title=Brands|website=www.cigarety.by|access-date=2018-06-04|archive-date=2022-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827085240/http://www.cigarety.by/brand.php?n=10&l=27&p=0&w%253D%25C4%25D0%25C8%25CD%25C0+DRINA+|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cigarety.by/brand.php?n=10&l=3&p=0&w=DRINA|title=Brands|website=www.cigarety.by|access-date=2018-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317035659/http://www.cigarety.by/brand.php?n=10&l=3&p=0&w=DRINA|archive-date=2018-03-17|url-status=live}}
Variants
File:Drina Sa Denifine cigar pack wt Serb Cro Bos lg warn label.png]]
- Drina Denifine{{cite web|url=http://www.fds.ba/en/products/drina/drina-denifine|title=FDS - Fabrika duhana Sarajevo|website=fds.ba|accessdate=2017-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901214512/http://www.fds.ba/en/products/drina/drina-denifine|archive-date=2017-09-01|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zigsam.at/B_Drina.htm|website=zigsam.at|title=Drina|accessdate=2017-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317035742/http://www.zigsam.at/B_Drina.htm|archive-date=2018-03-17|url-status=live}}
- Drina Jedina
- Drina Gold
- Drina Silver
Below are all the current brands of Drina cigarettes sold, with the levels of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide included.
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! Pack !! Tar !! Nicotine !! Carbon monoxide | |||
| Drina Denifine | 10 mg | 0,9 mg | 10 mg |
| Drina Jedina | 10 mg | 0,8 mg | 10 mg |
| Drina Gold | 8 mg | 0,6 mg | 10 mg |
| Drina Silver | 4 mg | 0,4 mg | 6 mg |
See also
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