type cigarette produced by imperial tobacco introduced 1834 ; 182 years ago 1834 lambert & butler is a british cigarette brand launched in clerkenwell in 1834 by charles edward lambert and charles butler and were one of the earliest british cigar manufacturers . 1 it eventually started selling cigarettes which were being manufactured by john wood & son before lambert & butler started manufacturing it themselves in 1876 2 before merging with imperial tobacco in 1901 . in the late 1800s it accounted for 20 percent of total sales value and controlled a large piece of the market with a 1870 capitol of 87 200 3 and 1887 total capitol of 175 000 alongside major companies w.d. & h.o. wills now imperial tobacco cope bros & co hignett tobacco john player & sons and stephen mitchell & son . in this time the first largest company in the industry was wills followed by cope with lambert & butler a strong third and one of lambert & butler s most popular brands was best bird s eye . 4 in 1903 after merging with imperial an executive committee was formed with one of the members being charles lambert . lambert & butler also exported to jamaica with brands trumpeter and needle point . it established its own bonded warehouse in 1891 and was located on bucknall street near long acre in westminster london . charles lambert who was called the best judge of a havana cigar also ran a tobacco shop on drury lane . 5 lambert & butler was also part of the big six with wills taddy & co cope bros hignett bros and john player & sons . 1 it relaunched in 1979 after an absence . in the late 1990s their campaign was a distinguished lambert with his calm butler butler exchanging humorous quotes 6 until the last one which had their faces blurred and the butler saying it seems we ve been outlawed sir . 5 the brand sells 1379 billion 1.379 trillion worth of cigarettes every year . citation needed in 1999 lambert & butler owned 17 percent of the british cigarette market 5 percent more than benson & hedges . 7 due to imperial tobacco not owning the trademark on the original name lambert & butler is known in some countries as either l & b or great & british . it is among the popular and less expensive local brands 8 and as of 2007 lambert & butler king size were the number one selling brand of cigarettes in the uk . 9 in 2015 van mccann of the british band catfish and the bottlemen commented lambert & butler was his primary tobacco brand and the one thing he can t live without on tour saying ... this will always be my brand that s me feet on the ground . if i start smoking another cigarette i ve given the lads permission to kick me out . 10 entertainer paul o grady also commented saying without a doubt my best ciggie is the lambert & butler that gets me out of bed every day . i take that first drag my eyes cross the blood pressure rises to 2 000 and it s lovely . some people reach for a bottle ; with me it s cigarettes i use them like a dummy . 5 products edit vintage lambert & butler weaver brand lambert & butler cigarettes are sold in silver full strength silver superkings gold formerly lights and menthol . glide tec packs are also now for sale and fast becoming the standard pack for this brand . these packs have a small window on the front of the pack which allows the user to slide up the inner pack with their thumb . this lifts the lid of the outer pack and the inner pack containing the cigarettes slides out to reveal the cigarettes . glide tec packs are available in the silver gold and menthol king size variants . in 2002 following a european union ban on descriptive labels on tobacco lambert & butler renamed its lights band to gold and its ultra lights to blue . 11 in april 2012 lambert & butler fresh burst and lambert & butler profile were added to the range . lambert and butler fresh burst cigarettes contain a capsule within the filter tip which when squeezed pops and mentholates the cigarette . lambert and butler profile cigarettes are thinner in diameter targeted at the busy smoker who desires a cigarette which provides the same nicotine level as a standard size cigarette but in a smaller package making the cigarette quicker to smoke . fresh burst and profile are available in price marked or standard 20 packs . 12 references edit a b cox howard 2000 . the global cigarette origins and evolution of british american tobacco 1880 1945 . oxford university press . pp. 46 83 . isbn 019829221x . retrieved july 29 2015 . william clowes ltd. 1886 . the law reports under the superintendence and control of the incorporated council of law reporting for england and wales ; supreme court of judicature . cases determined in the chancery division and in lunacy and on appeal therefrom in the court of appeal volume 32 . high court of justice . p. 248 . retrieved july 29 2015 . michael ball ; david t. sunderland 2002 . an economic history of london 1800 1914 . routledge . isbn 1134540299 . retrieved july 29 2015 . alford b. w. e. 2013 . w.d. & h.o. wills and the development of the uk tobacco industry 1786 1965 . routledge . pp. 159 309 . isbn 1136584196 . retrieved july 29 2015 . a b c carroll sue 2005 . the joy of smoking the light hearted look at lighting up . john blake publishing . isbn 1782192417 . retrieved july 29 2015 . chris harrald ; fletcher watkins 2013 . the cigarette book the history and culture of smoking . skyhorse publishing . isbn 1628732415 . retrieved july 29 2015 . goldman lawrence 2013 . oxford dictionary of national biography 2005 2008 . oxford university press . p. 122 . isbn 0199671540 . retrieved july 29 2015 . united kingdom travel guide tiki travel . fb editions . isbn 9791021304451 . retrieved july 29 2015 . the way the british smoke . bbc news . 29 june 2007 . catfish & the bottlemen talk about world domination street cred & cigarettes . kroq.cbslocal.com . february 13 2015 . retrieved july 29 2015 . paul baines ; john egan ; frank jefkins 2007 . public relations . routledge . p. 34 . isbn 1136370781 . retrieved july 29 2015 . imperial tobacco broadens lambert & butler range with two additions . wholesalenews.co.uk . april 11 2012 . retrieved july 29 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to lambert & butler . official website v t e imperial brands brands cigarettes cabinet camel1 davidoff ducados rubio embassy ernte 23 excellence fine fortuna gauloises gelora djaja1 gitanes gudang garam horizon jps lambert & butler malibu marquise maxim mevius1 mocne montclair more1 mustang news nobel p & s premier r1 regal richmond route 66 sonoma superkings usa gold west windsor blue cigars backwoods classic cohiba2 dutch masters dux far as henry clay h. upmann2 montecristo2 phillies por larra aga2 quintero2 romeo y julieta2 trinidad2 vegafina other bali shag drum golden virginia mcclintock rizla skruf snus van nelle subsidiaries altadis commonwealth brands gudang garam habanos 50 % reemtsma predecessors edwards ringer f & j smith franklyn davey j & f bell lambert & butler stephen mitchell & son w.d. & h.o. wills william clarke & son people george alfred wills william wills 1australia only 2brands of habanos a 50 50 joint venture between imperial tobacco and cubatabaco category commons v t e cigarettes types fashion fire safe kretek lights menthol beedi components tobacco rolling paper filter additives peripherals ashtray case holder lighter pack receptacles vending machine culture cigarette card cigarette smoking among college students loosie smoking fetishism tobacco smoking health issues chain smoking cigarette smoking for weight loss nicotine poisoning passive smoking third hand smoke schizophrenia and smoking sidestream smoke smoking cessation tobacco harm reduction related products nicotine patch nicotine gum nicotine inhaler nicotine lozenge electronic cigarette candy cigarette herbal cigarette tobacco industry cultivation of tobacco egyptian cigarette industry history of commercial tobacco in the united states tobacco advertising government and the law cigarette smuggling illicit cigarette trade plain cigarette packaging smoking age smoking bans in private vehicles tobacco control movement tobacco master settlement agreement tobacco packaging warning messages tobacco politics who framework convention on tobacco control protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products lists cigarette brands cigarette smoke carcinogens countries by cigarette consumption per capita rolling papers smoking bans category commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lambert % 26 butler & oldid 723210916 categories 1834 introductionsimperial brands brandscigarette brands1834 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 june 2016 at 18 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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