Natural American Spirit cigarettes are a newcomer to the market. It is interesting to note that they did not come on the market until the year 1982 – a point in time when the major tobacco players were already firmly established and engaged in market wars that were often downright dirty so as to keep a stranglehold on the American smoker.


Who makes American Spirit cigarettes?

Originally the American Spirit cigarette was the brainchild of the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company which, as the name indicates, is located in New Mexico. In 2002 Reynolds bought the company, but has permitted it to continue operations seemingly independently and also in accordance with the original values the company brought to the table when it entered the world of tobacco manufacture.


What is different about the Natural American Spirit cigarette?

According to the American Spirit cigarette website, the founding philosophy of the company rested on the idea that commercial cigarettes had become containers filled with little more than bits and pieces of tobacco plants, including stems and chemical additives, and as such they were substandard. Heavily influenced by Native American philosophies, American Spirit cigarettes sought to bring the quality of real tobacco back to the smoker. Instead of using bits and pieces of tobacco plants, adding chemicals to artificially enhance taste and fillers to make their cigarettes look plumper, American Spirit cigarettes are made with whole leaf tobacco. As such, they are indeed somewhat more expensive than their competitors’ brands, but the manufacturers seek to make up for that fact by adding more tobacco to each cigarette than is found by any competitor.

In the past the American Spirit cigarettes were looked at with a bit of suspicion since the marketing effort that showed them as additive free smokes may have implied in the minds of some users that American Spirit cigarettes were somehow healthier than their conventional counterparts. Obviously, this is not the case. Add to this the fact that the American Spirit cigarette home page gladly gives away American Spirit cigarette coupons and gift certificates for a free carton of American Spirit cigarettes, and you can see that this manufacturer, just like any others, is not interested in getting people to quit smoking but to purchase their product – which is why they are in business. Working on their image, the company does contribute to Native American causes and also utilizes earth friendly tobacco farming methods that are environmentally safe.