In 1846, British tobacconist Philip Morris opened a shop on Bond Street, London, selling tobacco and rolled cigarettes. After his death from lung cancer in 1873, his brother Leopold and widow Margaret continued t… See more

In the 1920s, advertising for the cigarette was primarily based on how ladylike the filter cigarette was, in an attempt to appeal to the mass market. To this end, the filter had a printed red band around it to hide lipstick stai… See more

According to Ellen Merlo, vice president of marketing services at Philip Morris, quoted in a 1989 Marlboro advertisement:
We perceive Formula One and Indy car racing as adding, if you will, a modern-day dimension t… See more

Phillip Morris markets cigarettes, snus, and HeatSticks under the Marlboro brand.
Philip Morris International organized Marlboro products into three divisions—Flavor line, which are original red full flav… See more

Philip Morris sold the Canadian rights to the "Marlboro" name to Imperial Tobacco Canada in 1932. After the brand's successful American relaunch in the 1950s, Philip Morris tried several legal manoeuvres in attemptin… See more