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Natural American Spirit is a brand of cigarette and tobacco products manufactured in the United States by the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company. The company was founded in 1982, but in 2002 was acquired by Reynolds American and is now an independent subsidiary. They are marketed as being "100% Additive-Free Tobacco." Although the cigarettes are supposedly additive-free, the company makes no claim that they are somehow any less hazardous than other cigarettes.

Natural American Spirit is reported to contain only whole-leaf tobacco. The company's website informs smokers that although most cigarette manufacturers use reconstituted sheet tobacco as a cost-cutting measure, their cigarettes contain no sheet tobacco, nor processed stems. Also, the company claims that it doesn't test any of their products on animals, and they purportedly donate a portion of their revenues to Native American charities. This, however, makes Natural American Spirit one of the more expensive, premium brands.

They are supposedly singer/songwriter Ryan Adams' favorite brand of cigarette. He has been quoted as saying "they’re great, they don’t have any pesticides or chemicals in them, and part of the money you pay for them goes to Native American charities.” They are also frequently seen on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show and are used by Dave Attell on Comedy Central's Insomniac. According to Dr. Jordan Gusky of St. John's College of Annapolis, the American Spirit cigarette is intimately linked with the American hippie subculture.

The logo uses the typeface Neuland Inline.

Varieties


In the United States, there are currently ten varieties of Natural American Spirit cigarettes on the market. They can be distinguished by the variety of colors used in packaging:

Type Package Color
Regular Filter Blue
Medium Filter Pale Green (Celadon)
Light Filter Yellow
Ultra Light Filter Yellow and White
Non-Filter Brown
Menthol Filter Green
Menthol Light Filter Green and White
Organic Regular Filter Maroon
Organic Light Filter Gold
Perique Black

The company also produces four varieties of roll-your-own tobacco products:

Type Package Color
Original Blend Blue
U.S. Grown Royal Blue
Organic Blend Maroon
Pow-Wow Blend* Purple

* In addition to tobacco, Pow-Wow Blend contains the herbs sage, red willow, bearberry and spearmint.

Certain Natural American Spirit products are also sold in several European countries, Australia and Japan.

Known Smokers


External links


R.J. Reynolds brands

Natural American Spirit | American Spirit | アメリカンスピリット | American Spirit

 

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