John Player Special Shape Red 19 cigarettes: version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 00:39 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added John Player Special Shape Red, 19 cigarettes (EAN-8 40296579), the barcode the JPS family page named without a page. Identity, 2010 German market, EUR 4.30 price, tar 10 mg / nicotine 0.8 mg and producer Imperial Tobacco from the zigsam.at pack catalogue entry; front photo read from the collection scan (German health warning, Shape Red wording) but not posted since it states no licence. Brand ownership from the Imperial Brands brands page (archived 2026-09-13); German operator Reemtsma derived from the jps.de imprint. Gaps: CO yield, ingredients/additives, launch/withdrawal dates, licensed photo. No web page beyond the collector catalogue names the Shape line.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# John Player Special Shape Red 19 cigarettes <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00000040296579
name: John Player Special Shape Red 19 cigarettes
family: family/john-player-special
default_observation: de-2010
summary: A German flip-top pack of 19 John Player Special Shape Red filter cigarettes, catalogued in 2010 at 10 mg tar and 0.8 mg nicotine.
brand: brand/john-player-special
category: category/10000185
net_content: 19 cigarettes
country_of_sale: DE
piece_count: 19
pack_format: flip-top box with cellophane
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| manufactured_by | company/imperial-brands | DE | | | | sourced | ^zigsam | The pack catalogue names the producer of this 2010 German pack as Imperial Tobacco, the group's name before it became Imperial Brands in 2016 |
| brand_owner_at_sale | company/imperial-brands | | | | | sourced | ^ib-brands | Imperial Brands lists JPS among its own cigarette brands, with a brand timeline running from 1970 |
| marketed_by | company/reemtsma-cigarettenfabriken | DE | | | | derived | ^jps-de | Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH of Hamburg, Imperial's German company, names itself in the imprint of the German JPS site jps.de |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------- | ------ | -------- |
| DE | sourced | ^zigsam | Catalogued as a German pack of 2010 with this barcode and a price of 4.30 € | 2010 | | | EUR 4.30 |
| DE | printed | ^pack | The front carries the German health warning "Rauchen fügt Ihnen und den Menschen in Ihrer Umgebung erheblichen Schaden zu" | 2010 | | | |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| JPS Shape Red | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| -------- | ----- | ---- | ------- | ---------------------------------------- | ----------- | -------- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| tar | 10 | mg | ^zigsam | Per cigarette, as the catalogue gives it | de-2010 | tar | 10 | | known | printed | exact |
| nicotine | 0.8 | mg | ^zigsam | Per cigarette, as the catalogue gives it | de-2010 | nicotine | 0.8 | | known | printed | exact |
<!--/specifications-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ------- | ----------------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | -------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------- | ------------ |
| de-2010 | German pack, 2010 | label | DE | de | | | 2010 | supported | | | | ^zigsam | The catalogue entry dates the pack to 2010 and its front photograph shows the German health warning | 19 cigarettes | | 19 | flip-top box with cellophane | |
<!--/observations-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | -------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------ |
| de-2010 | specifications | not_researched | Carbon monoxide yield is not given in the catalogue entry, and the side panel carrying it is not in the photograph | |
| de-2010 | ingredients | not_researched | The tobacco blend and additive list of this article | |
| | identity | unknown | Launch and withdrawal dates of the Shape line are not in the catalogue; a sibling Shape Blue (40296586) was catalogued the same year | |
| | images | not_researched | The front photograph found is a collector's scan that states no reuse licence; a licensed front photo is wanted | |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-25
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| zigsam | http://www.zigsam.at/B_JohnPlayerSpecial1.htm | John Player Special - regular packs until 2015 | 2026-09-25 | zigsam.at cigarette pack collection | catalogue | | | Entry "John Player Special Shape Red", Germany 2010 | | | |
| pack | http://www.zigsam.at/l05/B_Cig/JPSShapeRed-19fDE2010.jpg | Front of the 19-cigarette German pack, 2010 (collection photograph) | 2026-09-25 | zigsam.at cigarette pack collection | pack | | | Front panel | | | |
| ib-brands | https://web.archive.org/web/20260913152353id_/https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/our-brands | Imperial Brands: our brands, JPS entry and brand timeline (13 September 2026 capture) | 2026-09-25 | Imperial Brands | manufacturer | 2026-09-13 | | JPS entry and brand timeline | | | https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/our-brands |
| jps-de | https://jps.de/impressum/ | Impressum, jps.de | 2026-09-25 | Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH | manufacturer | | | Imprint | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
John Player Special Shape Red is a filter cigarette of the JPS line sold in Germany in a black flip-top box of 19, its front printed with the JPS monogram, the words "Shape Red" in red and the German health warning.[^pack] A cigarette-pack collection catalogues it as a German pack of 2010 with this barcode, 10 mg tar and 0.8 mg nicotine per cigarette and a price of 4.30 €, and names Imperial Tobacco as the producer.[^zigsam] The same catalogue lists a milder Shape Blue of the same year, at 6 mg tar and 0.5 mg nicotine.[^zigsam] JPS is one of Imperial Brands' own cigarette brands,[^ib-brands] and in Germany the brand is run by Imperial's company Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken of Hamburg.[^jps-de]
<!--/about-->