L&M is an American brand of cigarettes, owned and manufactured by Altria and Philip Morris International. The name comes from the tobacco company founded in 1873 called Liggett & Myers, predecessor of Liggett Group, by whom L&M was originally produced.
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- L&M
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- German pack of L&M cigarettes
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- Cigarette
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- LacyLaszló Miklós
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- United States
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- Liggett & Myers
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- "American cigarettes of the highest quality with the best filter", "Come on Over to the L&M Side, Just for the Taste of It!"
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- Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1
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L&M is an American brand of cigarettes, owned and manufactured by Altria and Philip Morris International. The name comes from the tobacco company founded in 1873 called Liggett & Myers, predecessor of Liggett Group, by whom L&M was originally produced.
==History== L&M was launched in 1885 by Liggett & Myers as a brand of plug chewing tobacco. In 1952 or 1953, the first L&M cigarettes were created, and they were one of the earliest brands to have a filter that was not one-sided. When L&M was launched, their slogan was "American cigarettes of the highest quality with the best filter". Liggett Group later made a proposal to take the brand international due to their success in the American market. In 1999, the L&M trademark rights were acquired by the largest tobacco company in the United States, Philip Morris, and are still produced by them.
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