Seven Stars was launched on February 1, 1969 as the first cigarette with a charcoal filter, and was created in response to customer demands for low-tar, menthol, and D-spec (low smoke smell) products
Darrell Winfield, who modeled for the brand from 1968 to 1989, was the ideal poster child for the rugged, independent self-image Philip Morris wanted to sell its customers.* He was so perfect that when Draper Daniels (the inspiration for Mad Men 's Don Draper), then-creative director of Leo Burnett Worldwidethe agency contracted to create the campaignfound Winfield on the Quarter Circle 5 Ranch he said, I had seen cowboys, but I had never seen one that just really, likehe sort of scared the hell out of me. Born in eastern Oklahoma shortly before the Great Crash of 1929, Winfield soon migrated West with his family in the devastation of the Dust Bowl
It has an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, a Corojo 99 binder and a blend of Nicaraguan Habano and Criollo fillers
Steel, Chrome H 2.75 in W 5.75 in D 4.25 in English Brass and Wood Lined Cigarette Box with Embossed Lid of Horses and Dog Located in Austin, TX A fine English wood-lined brass cigarette or tobacco box, featuring an embossed lid with a scene of two horses with a hound or dog
Each is slightly different, but they both provide a tobacco experience