Professor Robert K
Abdulla cigarettes, which included English, Egyptian, Turkish, and Virginia blends, and were made from 1927 by Godfrey Philips in London, were imported by Theophanis Nicolaou.Footnote 57 Godfrey Philips also made Marcovitch Black & White, which were imported by Costas Mourtouvanis, based near Phaneromeni Church, in old Nicosia.Footnote 58 The cigarettes of the Westminster Tobacco Co., London, such as the Virginia cigarettes Regent, were imported by Costas Englezakis in Paphos, who also imported Turkish blends by Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co., Louisville, such as Twenty-Grand.Footnote 59 Camel cigarettes, a major international brand popular in Egypt, which blended Turkish and Virginia tobaccos, and pipe tobaccos, such as Prince Albert, were imported by Christodoulides Bros., which had offices opposite Phaneromeni.Footnote 60 The above were small players in an industry increasingly controlled by the international, multinational, cigarette companies
The reader is even encouraged to enjoy a second helping, but of course, not before smoking another cigarette as Camels ease tension
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