The brand is named after Herbert Kent, a former executive at Lorillard Tobacco Company.
In 1965, the Ray Conniff Singers had a hit song called "Happiness Is", which listed various examples of things that make people happy ("To a preacher, it's a prayer-prayer-prayer / To a Beatle, it's a 'Yeah-Yeah-Yeah'" and so on). The same group, or a sound-alike group, produced a series of commercials for Kent that was written to the same tune and style, with the punch line always being, "To a smoker, it's a Kent."
NOTICE: The manufacturer of this brand stopped releasing the cigarettes in hard cartons. Instead, they will come in 2 rows by 5 packs, wrapped in cellophane.
Kent cigarettes are manufactured by British American Tobacco Company, which is the world's second largest cigarette company, and distributed throughout the world. Kent cigarettes are different from other premium brands; the creators were very particular that their product should be something special, something different. They were one of the first brands to introduce smoke filters. At first crocidolite, a form of asbestos, were used as filters but later it was changed to charcoal filters which is a form of activated carbon. The quality and uniqueness of Kent brand is well appreciated and recognized by smokers around the world, these cigarettes are distributed to more than 50 countries. Kent brand has very distinctive taste and fine aroma which is unlike any other brand.
Kent brand, in one of their advertisements mentioned that Kent cigarettes use ingredients that are additive free. Though this was cent percent true they later added that this doesn't mean that smoking their tobacco product was any safer. This clearly shows how responsible and public health conscious the manufactures are. As soon as they were introduced they became a huge hit with the masses, they quickly became the best selling cigarettes in USA; not only in the United States but they became very popular around the world. They became the number one in the list of best brands from the years 1966 to 1972. Much of the credit for this success was given to the slogan at the time - "Kent tastes good like a real cigarette should".
Among other variants, the most favorite style and flavor are Kent Lights cigarettes, Kent Super Lights cigarettes and Kent Premium Lights cigarettes. For people who like to smoke mild cigarettes, Kent light cigarettes are the ultimate choice. They are, as mentioned in the name, super light and smooth. These cigarettes are preferred by people of all ages and by both men and women. Kent is truly a people's cigarette.
