At some point in the late 90s or early 2000s they banned cigarette advertising.

I didn’t think about it but at this point i don’t know any brands anymore. My father smoked players when I was young, and Benson and hedges used to sponsor some public events but otherwise I guess it worked.

That or cigs got too expensive to smoke brand name. My grandfather, before he died of lung cancer was smoking big clear bags of cigs from the reserve.