Philip Morris testing new menthol cigarette
07/26/99
Citing cigarette distributors, the paper said that the
tobacco company plans to test the new cigarette, called
Marlboro Mild, in Pittsburgh and Atlanta beginning this fall.
To be sold in deep blue packaging,
Marlboro Mild is formulated to deliver more tar and nicotine than best-selling
Marlboro Lights but less than
Marlboro Medium, they added.
"Obviously there are real opportunities in the menthol category, and we are trying to provide a variety of options and tastes to suit our consumers' preferences,'' a company spokeswoman told the Journal
New York-based Philip Morris declined to provide any further details about the product aside from confirming that it is testing
Marlboro Mild, the paper said