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[edit] Brand name

I´ve heard the brand name supposly is to come from a "Lucky strike", that the brand heritage is from a tobacco strike in the 19th century. Tobacco was sold out for a cheap price after a tobacco strike, but the consumers preferred the taste on this tobacco, and was thereafter stored as under the strike, and sold under the brand Lucky Strike. This is why Lucky Strike is dryer than most cigarettes. Is there any truth in this myth?

A lucky strike is a reference to the gold rush period.

I heard it was because they used to put marijuana in the odd one, which would be the lucky strike, but I have no citation for this.--Hm2k (talk) 11:39, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
The spliff "lucky strike" is an urban myth. See snopes.com--Onthemat (talk) 12:21, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MGS?

not one hundres percent sure, but i think that Solid Snake from the Metal Gear (the first two games before Solid make this clearer than the later ones) series smokes lucky strikes...



You're correct. The original translated version of the game, however, has it misspelled as Lucky Strikers, but I think the newly released version corrects for that. The brand isn't mentioned past Metal Gear 2, but it's pretty safe to assume that it's the same brand.

[edit] green pack

Hi, I am not a native Speaker od English, so I don't really dare to edit the article myself, but: that the copper of the green pack was needed to paint tanks in World War II is not more than an clever marketing idea that became something like an urban legend. But it's not true, as far as I know. Could somebody check this and change the article?

You're quite correct. Change made. - DavidWBrooks 15:56, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Goes with Dr Pepper? (POV)

The article says Lucky Strike's flavor "coincidentally goes very well with Dr. Pepper." Aside from the incorrect period in Dr. Pepper, this appears to be an opinion. Taste is a very individual thing. Michael J 14:23, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

i agree. it's as meaningless as "Pepsi-Cola is a soft drink which tastes good" would be in the pepsi article. it would get deleted in a heartbeat, because whether a product tastes good or not is hardly encyclopedic material. i deleted the dr. pepper part for that reason. supine 14:54, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

For the same reason, I took out the reference to 'most beautiful Turkish tobacco'. I don't know if they are made with Turkish tobacco or not, so I left that part in. masema

[edit] WWII

Why no mention of their distribution to soldiers during the war. I thought that was what they were most famous for. Rmhermen 23:42, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of "Cigarette brands" category

I have removed Category:Cigarette brands from this article because Category:R.J. Reynolds brands is a sub-category of the former. It defeats the purpose of having this subcategory if we're going to list the articles in both. SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:48, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Lucky Strike in Cowboy Bebop.

While it is true that the Lucky Strike logo (or a parody of it) does apear in the show, it is not the only cigarette brand to make such an appearence.

Also, I'd have to check, but don't think that there is any evidence that Faye smokes Lucky Strikes, never mind smoking them exclusively. Like I said, there is more than one brand shown in Cowboy Bebop, and I think in the movie Faye actually takes a cigarette from a "Marlboro" look a like pack.

Yeah you're right, at the start of the movie- right after the first scene when the song/B&Wmontage/intro starts, a pack can be seen with the word "strike" obscured in true cowboy bebop fashion. I'll going to edit the page after I get done screen caping it. I've seen them in the show too. Greg343 10:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Gone to war"?

I've deleted one of the references to "Lucky Strike Green has gone to war" -- as it was an explanation for why the pack was changed to white in 1942, it can't have been used in 1917. Also, the statement that this brand "has a unique and distinctive flavor" strikes me as not quite NPOV: I've hedged it a bit with "said to have", but it may need more work.


It was apparently a marketing strategy to attract women smokers. On a different note: I've heard, one cigarette in a pack of Lucky Strike was actually a splife/joint - hence named Lucky Strike. It was specially packed for the army during World War-II?

[edit] Spelling Error

I changed the spelling of "cigerettes", to the correct spelling- cigarettes.

[edit] Discontinued?

I'm a regular Lucky Strike smoker, and the only place in town where I can purchase Luckies has informed me that there is a rumor that Lucky Strikes are being discontinued. Anybody know if there is any truth to this?--Meestah-k 06:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


I've heard that too, although the in my case I was told they were being discontinued in the state of California because of high tar content (wouldn't be surprised since California is generally out to get smokers in any way possible). I have noticed that the store I usually buy them from has been out the last couple of times I went in, but that's not saying much since they were also out of Camel filters.

I am a young Lucky Strike smoker, they have them everywhere in Iceland and most places in Europe too I think :) --Ice201 03:54, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Well, I've been hearing that either they just haven't been selling well enough in the States. Kinda weird since they're supposed to be selling well in Europe. Both the smoke shops in town are either out, or just have a few packs of unfiltereds or lites left. The clerk at one said that they're discontinued, the other had no idea what was going on, just that they didn't have any. --Meestah-k 02:32, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Straight from RJ Reynolds' website: Non support-brands are generally small-share brands, but have very loyal adult smokers who purchase them. Therefore, even though R.J. Reynolds will not provide marketing support for these brands, the company will maintain the brands' distribution where there is consumer demand.

Luckies are among the brands listed. I guess where we live there is no longer a "consumer demand." That sucks though. Luckies were some of my favorites. HumanZoom 22:28, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Luckies are my favorite. Strange thing that they have been discontinued in the country where they come from. Nothing is like Lucky Strike. It's toasted. They have always had the best and most persistent advertising and commercials here. My mouse pad is from Lucky Strike. We get the good full rich flavored cigarettes and then you got something, not even Lucky Strike, mixed too much with air, and now all you get is air. 80.77.141.134 00:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I haven't heard of it being discontinued (i am writing from NY) but I have noticed that i cant find un-filtered Luckies in the Ukraine —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Isiah (talk • contribs) 07:02, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

Who is Charles Dahlberg and we need proof he smokes 2 packs a day. Seth slackware 18:43, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Looks like junk to me so I'm deleting it. Lisiate 02:34, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Interesting that Luckies are discontinued, I was back in the US from the Middle East and bought several cartons in several locations in the Philadelphia, PA and North NJ area before I returned back to duty (bringing them with me, of course.) No mention of discontinuation on the BAT website either.

I suspect we need verification on this.

82.148.96.68 19:52, 21 July 2007 (UTC) SteveV

[edit] F1 project

I want to expanded it, I would love some help. Seth slackware 19:59, 15 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Update

I updated the page - reorganized some info. Added that cowboy bebop screenshot again, with new copyright info. Greg343 23:43, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 05:52, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Ok Batabot, I think I did what you asked. Now what? Greg343 09:04, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Luck

I re-worded the paragraph under History which mentioned the rumor that Lucky Strike packages were considered bad luck because they were used by snipers in WWII as targets. However, I couldn't find a source other than a few blog mentions, and the original contributor of the information didn't provide a source, so this paragraph may need to be completely deleted. Clockster (talk) 22:22, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I have to say I agree with you, I just deleted it. Greg343 (talk) 04:45, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lucky Strike in the Media

This section included a long, dense paragraph of unrelated examples of Lucky Strike appearing in popular culture. I believe it was a former Trivia section which was just put in paragraph form. I regrouped some of the information into more coherent paragraphs, and deleted some examples, as we don't need to know every single time Lucky Strike shows up on screen or in a song. Clockster (talk) 22:45, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Two anonymous editors have added more examples to the Media section, which I feel is unnecessary. Neither example (books by Poppy Z. Brite and Neil Gaiman) is particularly notable, and both examples were written as unlinked, unsourced single paragraphs that were separate from the examples already in the article. Because of this, I have deleted these two examples. Clockster (talk) 04:45, 11 January 2008 (UTC)