John Player Special American Blend Full Flavour Red: version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 00:53 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added John Player Special American Blend Full Flavour Red (EAN-8 40304755), named by family/john-player-special. The zigsam.at collector catalogue records the barcode on four packs: DE 2003 (18 pcs, Reemtsma), AT 2003 Red Full Flavour and AT 2004 Red (20 pcs), GR 2010 (20 pcs). Brand owner Imperial Brands per Wikipedia and the Imperial Brands brand page. No net content on identity because the barcode spans 18- and 20-piece packs; piece counts per observation. No licensed photo; no GS1 licensee source.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# John Player Special American Blend Full Flavour Red <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00000040304755
name: John Player Special American Blend Full Flavour Red
family: family/john-player-special
default_observation: de-2003
summary: John Player Special American Blend Red filter cigarettes in a flip-top box with EAN-8 40304755, recorded by a pack collection in Germany (18 pieces, 2003), Austria (20 pieces, 2003 and 2004) and Greece (20 pieces, 2010); made by Reemtsma.
brand: brand/john-player-special
category: category/10000185
country_of_sale: DE, AT, GR
pack_format: flip-top box with cellophane
last_seen: 2010
last_seen_note: Greek pack recorded by the zigsam.at collection in 2010
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------- | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| brand_owner_at_sale | company/imperial-brands | | | | | sourced | ^wp-players | Wikipedia: John Player Special is owned and marketed by Imperial Brands (named Imperial Tobacco Group PLC until 2016) |
| manufactured_by | company/reemtsma-cigarettenfabriken | DE, AT, GR | | | | sourced | ^zigsam | The collector names the producer as "Reemtsma" (German 2003 pack), "Reemtsma Germany" (Austrian 2003 and 2004 packs) and "Reemtsma, Germany" (Greek 2010 pack) |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------- | ------ | -------- |
| DE | sourced | ^zigsam | Collector's record of a German 2003 John Player Special American Blend Full Flavour Red pack of 18 filter cigarettes with barcode 40304755; € 2.75 printed on the cellophane | 2003 | | | EUR 2.75 |
| AT | sourced | ^zigsam | Collector's records of Austrian packs of 20 with barcode 40304755: American Blend Red Full Flavour (2003) and American Blend Red (2004), each at 3.20 € | 2004 | | | EUR 3.20 |
| GR | sourced | ^zigsam | Collector's record of a Greek 2010 John Player Special American Blend Red pack of 20 with barcode 40304755, price 2.50 € | 2010 | | | EUR 2.50 |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ------- | ------- |
| John Player Special American Blend Red Full Flavour | name | | 2003 | 2004-03 |
| John Player Special American Blend Red | name | | 2004-03 | |
| JPS American Blend Red | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| -------- | ----- | ---- | ------- | ----------------------------- | ----------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| Tar | 12 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2003 | | 12 | | known | printed | exact |
| Nicotine | 0.8 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2003 | | 0.8 | | known | printed | exact |
| Tar | 12 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | at-2003 | | 12 | | known | printed | exact |
| Nicotine | 0.8 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | at-2003 | | 0.8 | | known | printed | exact |
| Tar | 10 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | at-2004 | | 10 | | known | printed | exact |
| Nicotine | 0.8 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | at-2004 | | 0.8 | | known | printed | exact |
| Tar | 10 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | gr-2010 | | 10 | | known | printed | exact |
| Nicotine | 0.8 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | gr-2010 | | 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-2003 | German pack, 2003 | label | DE | | | | 2003 | supported | | | | ^zigsam | Collector's record: John Player Special American Blend Full Flavour Red, 18 filter cigarettes in a flip-top box with cellophane, € 2.75 printed on the cellophane; producer Reemtsma; trade mark owner John Player & Sons | | | 18 | flip-top box with cellophane | |
| at-2003 | Austrian pack, 2003 | label | AT | | 2003-09 | 2004-03 | 2003 | supported | | | | ^zigsam | Collector's record: John Player Special American Blend Red Full Flavour, 20 filter cigarettes, 3.20 €; producer Reemtsma Germany; replaced by John Player Special American Blend Red in March 2004 | | | 20 | flip-top box with cellophane | |
| at-2004 | Austrian pack, 2004 | label | AT | | 2004-03 | 2005 | 2004 | supported | | | | ^zigsam | Collector's record: John Player Special American Blend Red, 20 filter cigarettes, 3.20 €; producer Reemtsma Germany; replaced in 2005 by a version with the Austrian health warning, which carries barcode 42048756 | | | 20 | flip-top box with cellophane | |
| gr-2010 | Greek pack, 2010 | label | GR | | | | 2010 | supported | | | | ^zigsam | Collector's record: John Player Special American Blend Red, 20 filter cigarettes, 2.50 €; producer Reemtsma, Germany; trade mark owner John Player & Sons | | | 20 | flip-top box with cellophane | |
<!--/observations-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | -------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| | relationships | unknown | No source names the GS1 licensee of EAN-8 40304755, so no gs1_prefix_owner edge. GS1 Germany allocates EAN-8 numbers one at a time, so there is no company prefix to read from the number | |
| | specifications | unknown | The collection gives tar and nicotine as bare numbers without units, so the rows keep no unit | ^zigsam |
| | identity | unknown | One barcode on packs of 18 (Germany) and 20 (Austria, Greece), so the page carries no single net content; the piece count is on each observation | ^zigsam |
| | markets | stale | The latest record of this barcode is the Greek 2010 pack; no current retail listing of 40304755 was found | ^zigsam |
| | images | unknown | No freely licensed photograph of this pack was found: the zigsam.at pack photographs carry no licence | ^zigsam |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-25
note: Built from the barcode outward for the John Player Special family page, which names this barcode on three Variants rows. The only source printing the barcode is the zigsam.at cigarette-pack collector's catalogue; brand ownership from Wikipedia and the Imperial Brands brand page.
<!--/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 | other | | | American Blend Full Flavour Red Germany 2003; American Blend Red (Full Flavour) Austria 2003, 2004; Greece 2010 | | | |
| wp-players | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Player_%26_Sons | John Player & Sons | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| 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 |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
John Player Special American Blend Full Flavour Red is a filter cigarette in a flip-top box sold under the EAN-8 barcode 40304755.[^zigsam] A cigarette-pack collection records the barcode on a German pack of 18 from 2003 with € 2.75 printed on the cellophane, on Austrian packs of 20 from 2003 and 2004 at 3.20 €, and on a Greek pack of 20 from 2010 at 2.50 €, naming Reemtsma as the producer and John Player & Sons as the trade mark owner.[^zigsam] The John Player Special line is owned and marketed by Imperial Brands, which launched it in the United Kingdom in 1970 and added a king size American blend in 1989.[^wp-players][^ib-brands]
In Austria the pack took the name American Blend Red Full Flavour in September 2003, when it replaced JPS American Blend, and was renamed American Blend Red in March 2004 with tar lowered from 12 to 10; in 2005 a version with the Austrian health warning replaced it under barcode 42048756.[^zigsam]
<!--/about-->