Laramie (cigarette)

Laramie was a brand of cigarettes extant in the United States from the 1930s into the 1950s. Later, the name was used for a cigarette rolling kit. Laramie is currently a brand name for cigarette papers[1] and cigarette tubes (rolling papers pre-formed into a tube, for use in home tobacco injector systems) marketed by HBI International.

Laramie cigarette tubes package

Laramie cigarettes are a popular fictional brand on The Simpsons; in reality, they have been out of production since the 1950s. The red and white triangular packaging is meant to be a parody of the real-life Marlboro cigarettes. In the show they sponsor a child beauty pageant and have a corporate mascot named Menthol Moose (a parody of Joe Camel) who can be seen at parades in Springfield.[2][3]

Advertisements for Laramie cigarettes are shown as part of a tobacco lawsuit in The Practice (season one, episode four).

Laramie cigarettes also make an appearance in the computer game System Shock 2.

In the 23rd episode of the 2nd season of The X-Files, Laramie Tobacco is mentioned as a missing person's former workplace.

See also

References
  1. "Vera Cruz Filter Tubes, vol XII, No 3, winter 2012, Roll Your Own magazine
  2. Chris Harrald; Fletcher Watkins (2010). The Cigarette Book: The History and Culture of Smoking. Skyhorse Pub. pp. 93–. ISBN 978-1-61608-073-0.
  3. Chris Turner (28 May 2010). Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. Random House of Canada. pp. 199–. ISBN 978-0-307-36609-2.


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