Walter Wolf (cigarette)
{{Short description|Croatian cigarette brand}}
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| name= Walter Wolf
| logo=
| image= WW Schachtel.jpg
| caption= An old pack of Walter Wolf cigarettes.
| type= Cigarette
| producedby= Tvornica Duhana Rovinj
| origin= Republic of Croatia
| introduced= Late 1980s
| discontinued=
| related=
| markets= See Markets
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| footnotes = Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1
}}
Walter Wolf is a Croatian brand of cigarettes currently owned and manufactured by the {{interlanguage link|Tvornica Duhana Rovinj|hr}}.
History
{{Section citations needed|date=December 2022}}
The brand was established in Croatia during the late 1980s{{Cite web |title=ZIGSAM - THE AUSTRIAN CIGARETTE COLLECTION |url=http://www.zigsam.at/F_AddMenuB.htm?http://www.zigsam.at/B_WalterWolf.htm |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=www.zigsam.at}} and named after the Slovenian-Austrian businessman and motorsport team owner Walter Wolf.{{cite web |date=5 October 2015 |title=1939: The Man after whom Walter Wolf Cigarettes were Named - History.info |url=http://history.info/on-this-day/1939-the-man-after-whom-walter-wolf-cigarettes-were-named/ |publisher=}}
It was introduced to the European market during the Yugoslav Wars following the movement of refugees to Central Europe.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}
Pack design
The product's logo is a red W with the stylized injected relief of a wolf, and was designed in Switzerland in the 1970s.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7XdvPirnfFEC&q=Walter+Wolf+Cigarettes&pg=PA618|title=Yearbook of Private International Law|first1=Andrea|last1=Bonomi|first2=Petar|last2=Sarcevic|first3=Paul|last3=Volken|date=17 April 2009|publisher=sellier. european law publ.|isbn=9783866531147|via=Google Books}} From the 2000s onwards, the design has been subject to intellectual property rights protection.
The design of the packaging is dark blue with gold lettering and the words "Walter Wolf". The design remained virtually unchanged until 2012 when it became necessary to introduce a variation of the brand name for trade reasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.vip-cigarette.com/walter-wolf-cigarettes-c-1439_1477.html|title=Walter Wolf Cigarettes|website=www.vip-cigarette.com}}
The logo was also used in the Formula 1 racing team Walter Wolf Racing, as well as for perfumes and wines.{{cite web|url=http://www.fragrantica.com/designers/Walter-Wolf.html|title=Walter Wolf Perfumes And Colognes|website=www.fragrantica.com}}
Sponsorship
File:Wolf WR6 2009 Lime Rock.jpg being driven in a Historic Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park in May 2009.]]
=Formula 1=
The brand was the title sponsor of Walter Wolf Racing, which ran for two years between 1977 and 1979.{{Cite web |title=History – Walter Wolf World |url=https://www.walterwolfworld.com/history/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=www.walterwolfworld.com}}
Markets
Walter Wolf cigarettes were or are still sold in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Bulgaria.{{cite web|url=http://www.cigarettespedia.com/index.php/BrandWalter_Wolf|title=BrandWalter Wolf - Cigarettes Pedia|website=www.cigarettespedia.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zigsam.at/B_WalterWolf.htm|title=Walter Wolf|website=www.zigsam.at}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cigarety.by/brand.php?n=10&l=22&w=WALTER+WOLF&p=0|title=Brands|website=www.cigarety.by|access-date=2018-03-30|archive-date=2023-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207181935/http://www.cigarety.by/brand.php?n=10&l=22&p=0&w=WALTER+WOLF|url-status=dead}}
See also
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