John Player Special King Size: version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 08:31 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added JPS King Size 20 (EAN-8 50219049), the pack family/john-player-special lists without a page. Source: zigsam.at cigarette-pack collection (list page B_JohnPlayerSpecial1.htm: Duty Free late 2000's, 20 filter cigarettes, flip-top box, tar 10 / nicotine 1.0, producer British American Tobacco, trade mark owner John Player & Sons; pack detail page l09/JPSKingSize-20DF200.htm whose front photo I read for the printed wording). Brand context from Wikipedia (John Player & Sons) and the Imperial Brands brands page (archived). No country_of_sale: the only record is a duty-free pack with no country. No images attached (zigsam photos unlicensed). No gs1_prefix_owner (EAN-8). Web searches for 50219049 found no retailer listing. . This is the current version.
Source of v1
# John Player Special King Size <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00000050219049
name: John Player Special King Size
family: family/john-player-special
default_observation: df-late-2000s
summary: JPS King Size filter cigarettes, 20 in a black flip-top box, recorded under EAN-8 50219049 as a duty-free pack of the late 2000s made by British American Tobacco.
brand: brand/john-player-special
category: category/10000185
pack_format: flip-top box with cellophane
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| brand_owner_at_sale | company/john-player-sons | | | | | sourced | ^zigsam | The collector names John Player & Sons as trade mark owner of this pack; the pack front prints "The House of John Player" |
| manufactured_by | company/british-american-tobacco | | | | | derived | ^zigsam | The collector gives the producer as "British American Tobacco" without naming a group company; attributed to the group parent |
<!--/relations-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| JPS King Size | name | | | |
| John Player Special | name | | | |
| JPS | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| -------- | ----- | ---- | ------- | ----------------------------- | ------------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| Tar | 10 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | df-late-2000s | | 10 | | known | printed | exact |
| Nicotine | 1.0 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | df-late-2000s | | 1 | | 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 |
| ------------- | -------------------------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | -------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------- | ------------ |
| df-late-2000s | Duty-free pack, late 2000s | label | | en | | | | supported | | | | ^zigsam-pack | Collector's record: John Player Special King Size, 20 filter cigarettes, duty free, late 2000s; producer British American Tobacco; trade mark owner John Player & Sons. The front photograph prints the crest, "The House of John Player / Internationally famous for fine tobacco products", the JPS monogram, "John Player Special King Size" and the warning "Smoking seriously harms you and others around you" | | | 20 | flip-top box with cellophane | |
<!--/observations-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| | markets | unknown | The only record of this barcode is a duty-free pack with no country named, so country_of_sale is empty; the English-language health warning marks a language, not a market | ^zigsam |
| | relationships | unknown | No source names the GS1 licensee of EAN-8 50219049, so no gs1_prefix_owner edge; GS1 United Kingdom allocates EAN-8 numbers one at a time, so the number carries no company prefix | |
| | markets | stale | The latest dated evidence for this barcode is the collector's late-2000s duty-free pack; web searches for 50219049 on 2026-09-25 found no retailer or maker listing | ^zigsam |
| | images | unknown | The zigsam.at pack photographs carry no licence, so no picture is attached | ^zigsam |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-25
note: Built from the barcode outward for the family page's variant row. The only source printing the barcode is the zigsam.at cigarette-pack collection, whose list entry and pack photograph were both read.
<!--/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 | | | John Player Special King Size, Duty Free late 2000's | | | |
| zigsam-pack | http://www.zigsam.at/l09/JPSKingSize-20DF200.htm | John Player Special King Size 20DF200 | 2026-09-25 | zigsam.at cigarette pack collection | other | | | Front photograph of the pack | | | |
| 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 King Size is a filter cigarette sold 20 to a black flip-top box under the EAN-8 barcode 50219049, which a cigarette-pack collection records on a duty-free pack of the late 2000s.[^zigsam] The collector names British American Tobacco as the producer and John Player & Sons as the trade mark owner.[^zigsam] The pack front carries the John Player crest with "The House of John Player, internationally famous for fine tobacco products", the JPS monogram and the English warning "Smoking seriously harms you and others around you".[^zigsam-pack] JPS was launched in the United Kingdom in 1970 and is owned by Imperial Brands.[^ib-brands]
The line takes its name from John Player & Sons of Nottingham, and outside the United Kingdom the brand is also marketed by British American Tobacco.[^wp-players] The same collection names a BAT company as producer of a Thai JPS pack of 2005, while the German, Austrian, French and Portuguese packs of the 2000s name Reemtsma or Imperial Tobacco.[^zigsam]
<!--/about-->