In August 2015, however, the FDA issued a warning letter to Santa Fe Natural and two other tobacco manufacturers, stating that their labeling and advertising of products as “natural” and “additive-free” violates section 911 of the Tobacco Control Act, because it improperly implies that “the tobacco products present a lower risk of tobacco-related disease or is less harmful than one or more other commercially marketed tobacco products,” the study team notes. The packaging also carries the statement, “No additives in our tobacco does NOT mean a safer cigarette.” The product packaging describes them as being “100 percent additive-free” and some products are made with organically-grown tobacco. Natural American Spirit cigarettes and loose tobacco are made by Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, which is owned by Reynolds American. “They believe that their product is less harmful than other brands but there is absolutely no evidence to support that belief,” Pearson told Reuters Health by email.
“American Spirit smokers are being misled,” said lead study author Jennifer Pearson, a research investigator at Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at Truth Initiative in Washington, D.C. In a national survey of smokers, almost 64 percent of Natural American Spirit users considered their own brand to be “safer” than other cigarettes, while only 8 percent of those who used other tobacco brands thought this. This raises the concern that people who might otherwise quit smoking might switch to American Spirit instead, thinking they will be safer, the researchers write in the journal Tobacco Control. They both come in 30g only.Īmerican Spirit cigarettes are sold in packs of 20.FILE PHOTO: An ash tray with cigarette butts is pictured in Hinzenbach, Austria, February 5, 2012. Only by name, as in the UK all tobacco products are packaged in olive coloured packs. In the UK, American Spirit rolling tobacco comes in Blue (regular) or Yellow (light). Natural AS cigarettes also offers several “Roll Your Own” tobaccos in tins and pouches. Natural AS cigarettes offers various types of select filter cigarettes which are color-coded to denote the nicotine and tar contents, which are altered by using different filters and cigarette paper.Īmerican Spirit also has a Perique Blend Filter cigarette, which contains 10% Perique tobacco, and an Organic Filter cigarette, which contains organic tobacco. Natural American Spirit cigarettes have been sold in the United States, Canada, Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil, Germany Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Tunisia, Italy, France, Finland, Denmark. In January 2002, the company was acquired by Reynolds American and is now a wholly owned independent subsidiary of Reynolds American, which is in turn owned by British American Tobacco. Japan Tobacco announced in September 2015 that it acquired the right to sell Natural American Spirit products in markets outside the United States. The company was founded in 1982 by Bill Drake, author of The Cultivators Handbook of Natural Tobacco, Robert Marion, Chris Webster, and Eb Wicks, a plumbing contractor who took out a loan to finance the startup. It was first introduced in 1982 40 years ago. It is owned by Reynolds American and it is produced by Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company in the United States. Natural American Spirit (often referred to as American Spirit) is an American brand of cigarettes and other tobacco products, currently owned by Reynolds American and manufactured by the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company.
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