Product record
John Player Special Glide Tec 6mg
Filter cigarettes in a Glide Tec sliding box of 19 carrying EAN-8 42159360, a German John Player Special pack recorded in 2012.
Versions & editions
42159360German Glide Tec sliding box of 19, 2012[1]
Germany · German · supported
Evidence reviewed
Context, dates & evidence notes
- Evidence observed
- 2012
- Pack
- sliding box with cellophane (Glide Tec)
- Pieces
- 19
Collector's record: John Player Special Glide Tec 6mg, 19 filter cigarettes in a sliding box with print on the cellophane; producer Imperial Tobacco, trade mark owner John Player & Sons. The collector's front photograph shows the JPS monogram, "GLIDE TEC", the printed price 4,60 for 19 Stk and the German health warning
Specifications
Product facts
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- Brand
- John Player Special
- Family
- John Player Special
- Pack
- sliding box with cellophane (Glide Tec)
- Sold in
- 🇩🇪 Germany[1]
- Pieces
- 19
- Last observed on sale
- 2012
- Last sale evidence
- German John Player Special Glide Tec 6mg box of 19 recorded by the zigsam.at collection in 2012
- GS1 prefix
- 421 · Germany
About this product
John Player Special Glide Tec 6mg is a filter cigarette that a cigarette-pack collection records under the EAN-8 barcode 42159360 on a German sliding box of 19 from 2012, priced at 4.60 € and with Imperial Tobacco named as the producer.[1] Glide Tec is Imperial Tobacco's slide-open pack, introduced in the United Kingdom with Lambert & Butler in November 2011;[2] in Germany its maker Reemtsma, which produces JPS, presented it as a box that opens with one hand.[3] The same collection lists a stronger Glide Tec 10mg box of 19 sold in Germany in 2012 at the same price.[1] The brand is owned and marketed by Imperial Brands; the line takes its name from John Player & Sons of Nottingham and was launched in the United Kingdom in 1970.[4][5]
Where it's sold
- John Player Special - regular packs until 2015 information[1] Germany EUR 4.60 · new Collector's record of a German 2012 John Player Special Glide Tec 6mg sliding box of 19 filter cigarettes with barcode 42159360, priced 4.60 €; the pack photo prints "4,60 19 Stk" and the German health warning
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
zigsam.at cigarette pack collection
John Player Special - regular packs until 2015
other · Accessed 2026-09-25
Source & attribution [1] ↗Talking Retail
Lambert & Butler King Size cigarettes now available in Glide Tec packs
publication · Accessed 2026-09-25
Source & attribution [2] ↗LebensmittelPraxis
Tabakwaren - Die unterschätzte Schwachstelle
publication · Accessed 2026-09-25
Source & attribution [3] ↗Coverage & research gaps (6)
Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.
- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Context: 1 / 1 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 1 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- Specifications: 0 / 2 · Recorded specifications mapped to comparable property keys
- relationships · unknown: EAN-8 42159360 has no company prefix: GS1 Germany allocates each EAN-8 number individually, so no gs1_prefix_owner edge is written
- markets · stale: The only record of this barcode is the collector's German 2012 entry; the German Glide Tec 10mg box of 19 from the same year carries barcode 40296845 and the Austrian Glide Tec box of 20 4030600073612
- images · unknown: No freely licensed photograph of this box was found; the zigsam.at pack photographs carry no licence
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- images · not_researched: No product photographs recorded.
- schema · schema_gap: Some specifications retain source labels without comparable property keys.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ John Player Special - regular packs until 2015 zigsam.at cigarette pack collection. other. Accessed 2026-09-25. John Player Special Glide Tec 6mg: Germany 2012.
- ↑ Lambert & Butler King Size cigarettes now available in Glide Tec packs Talking Retail. publication. Published 2011-10-27. Accessed 2026-09-25.
- ↑ Tabakwaren - Die unterschätzte Schwachstelle LebensmittelPraxis. publication. Accessed 2026-09-25.
- ↑ John Player & Sons Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-25. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- ↑ Imperial Brands: our brands, JPS entry and brand timeline (13 September 2026 capture) Imperial Brands. manufacturer. Published 2026-09-13. Accessed 2026-09-25. JPS entry and brand timeline. Upstream: https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/our-brands.
Barcode & identifiers
- EAN-8
42159360- GTIN-14
00000042159360- EAN-13 / GTIN-13
0000042159360
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