Camel: version 1

Saved 2026-09-11 11:37 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the article behind **EAN-8 42136996**, a 20-cigarette Camel pack, as product `00000042136996`, with stubs `brand/camel`, `company/japan-tobacco-international` and `company/japan-tobacco`. **Why. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Camel <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Camel
disambiguation: Cigarette brand introduced by R. J. Reynolds in 1913
founded: 1913
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                              | market      | from | until | ended | status  | source     | note                                                                                                                                        |
| -------- | ----------------------------------- | ----------- | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/japan-tobacco-international | global, -US | 1999 |       |       | sourced | ^wikicamel | Rights to sell Camel outside the United States passed to Japan Tobacco International in 1999; inside it the brand stays with R. J. Reynolds |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name             | type   | locale | from | until |
| ---------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Camel Zigaretten | search | de     |      |       |
| Cigarettes Camel | search | fr     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref       | url                                             | title                        | accessed   |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------- |
| wikicamel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_(cigarette) | Wikipedia: Camel (cigarette) | 2026-09-11 |
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## About <!--about-->
Camel is an American cigarette brand created by Richard Joshua Reynolds in 1913, named for the Turkish tobacco in its blend and sold below the price of its rivals; 425 million packs went in the first year.[^wikicamel] Ownership is split by territory: Japan Tobacco International took the rights to sell Camel outside the United States in 1999, and the non-American blend since then carries less Oriental tobacco and more Burley than the American one.[^wikicamel] Inside the United States the brand remains with the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.[^wikicamel]
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