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^[1] 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.^[2]

Main market was Germany. Other markets were Belgium, Netherlands, France, Austria, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Belarus and Australia and Cuba.^[3][2][4]

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"

• 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

• "Das Längere hat was", Der Spiegel, 29 November, no. 49, 1975