Kim (cigarette)

The brand was originally founded in the 1940s by "Oriental-Kim Cigaretten-Werk G.m.b.H." and re-introduced in 1970 by BAT Germany, the cigarette has a length of 9.5 cm and looks striking especially because of its slim shape. The mark was protected in 1972 in Germany{{cite web|url=https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/896163/DE|title=DPMAregister - Marken - Registerauskunft|website=Register.dpma.de|access-date=3 January 2018}} and is popular with women, which is why the brand is also often referred to as a "Woman's cigarette". It has been discontinued since 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.zigsam.at/B_kim.htm|title=Kim|website=Zigsam.at|access-date=3 January 2018}}

Main market was Germany. Other markets were Belgium, Netherlands, France, Austria, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Belarus and Australia and Cuba.{{cite web|url=http://www.cigarettespedia.com/index.php/BrandKim|title=BrandKim - Cigarettes Pedia|website=Cigarettespedia.com|access-date=3 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cigarety.by/brand.php?n=10&l=10&w=KIM+&p=0|title=Brands|website=Cigarety.by|access-date=3 January 2018|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132343/http://www.cigarety.by/brand.php?n=10&l=10&w=KIM+&p=0|url-status=dead}}

The box is completely white from the opening until the middle of the packaging. At the bottom of the pack a wave pattern is visible, depending on the variant either in orange-red (Red Slimsize) or turquoise-blue (Blue Slimsize).

• 1970: "Pleasure, which suits us."
• 1970: "Lean and racy head up embers."
• 1971: "Talk a little - Kim a little."
• 1972: "Too chic for a man's hands."
• 1988: "Not like all the others"

File:Kim Super Slim Celeste (Lights).png

• Kim Red Slimsize
• Kim Blue Slimsize

Below are all the current brands of Kim cigarettes sold, with the levels of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide included.

• Tobacco smoking

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