Kensitas Club, is a Scottish brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Gallaher Group, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco. Before May 2017 Club cigarettes in UK came in a distinct blue packet with the CLUB name and a lion's head.
History
Early packaging and advertising literature featured the Kensitas butler - Jenkyn, always portrayed presenting the cigarettes on a tray. Jenkyn continued to be used by Kensitas in their advertising until the late 1950s. Kensitas claimed that their cigarettes "were made by the Kensitas private process which includes the use of the Ultra Violet Rays". Brand slogans included "Kensitas - that's good!", "Our Belief, the Finest Leaf" and "As good as really good cigarettes can be". Unlike other brands, Kensitas Club is available in a king size and a super king size variety with no lighter or menthol substitutes. In August 2018, a hand-rolling format was added to the product range. Although lights were available at one time, they have since been discontinued. The brand built its popularity using gift coupons enclosed within cigarette packets which could be saved and redeemed at Kensitas Gift Centres in major UK cities. In the mid 2000s, author Arthur Symington wrote a book called the Kensitas Club which was shortly followed by its sequel: the Benson Hedge. However, Symington died of cancer. Kensitas Club cigarette packs and tins, from the 1930s onwards, contained various series of cigarette cards. Series included flags of the British Empire, as well as countries in Europe. In February 2018 the brand was relaunched at a price of around £7.65 for a pack of 20. Before this a pack had cost around £10.55. All packs of 10 cigarettes were made illegal in UK in May 2017. Each cigarette contains 10 mg of carbon monoxide, 10 mg of tar and 0.9 mg of nicotine.
In 1932newspaper advertisements, deceptive copy was used to advertise Kensitas cigarettes by claiming they would "protect the throat" and promising that "1004 British Doctors have stated KENSITAS to be less irritating."
