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Richmond cigarettes (John Player) are a value brand of tobacco cigarettes re-introduced into UK markets circa 2000. They come in the usual varieties (King Size, Smooth, Superking (100mm)) and also a menthol variety. The brand is in competition at the lower end of the market, against value UK cigarette brands such as Mayfair, Sovereign, Park Road et al. Image File history File links Circle-question-red. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Menthol is a covalent organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. ...
Richmond's variants Superkings and King Size are the fourth and fifth top-selling cigarettes in the UK respectively [1]. The majority of the consumers of Richmond cigarettes are on low-budgets, an example being teenage smokers. Richmond's occupation of the lower price brackets means however, that it is associated with inferior quality. They are characterised by the bright blue packaging, which recently underwent a redesign: the serif font used being replaced for a more modern sans-serif, and general appearance becoming more minimalist.
Richmond was until recently known as the 3rd largest city in Virginia behind Norfolk and Virginia Beach, but it is now the fourth largest, having been overtaken in the last census by Chesapeake, whose population is around 200,000.
Richmond city government consists of a city council with representatives from nine districts serving in a legislative and oversight capacity, as well as a popularly elected, at-large mayor serving as head of the executive branch.
Richmond is served by the Richmond International Airport (IATA Airport Code RIC), located in nearby Sandston, seven miles southeast of Richmond and within an hour drive of historic Williamsburg, Virginia, RIC airport is served by seven airlines with non-stop flights to 21 destinations and connecting flights to destinations worldwide.
Tobacco is converted into cigarettes in four rooms of the Richmond factory at the incredible rate of 10,000,000 cigarettes per hour.
On the keyboard side is a uniformed young lady, the catcher, who busily takes the white tubes as they emerge and places them in a rack at about the position where her music sheets should be.
Cigarettes are fed into one end of it and tinfoil, paper and revenue stamps into the other, and an instant later, a complete pack of Luckies emerges.
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