Tobacco Playing Cards
Lose the smoke Keep the fire
“Lose the smoke Keep the fire” playing cards to help quit smoking, published by Nicotinell, 2007.
Mardon, Son & Hall of Bristol, branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company
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by Simon Wintle
A division of Imperial Tobacco, they appear to have made cards almost exclusively for the cigarette token market, which flourished during the 1930s.
Naipes Parliament por Caloi
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by Simon Wintle
Carlos Loiseau, better known as ‘Caloi’, was a cartoonist whose designs for Parliament Cigarettes were first published in the early 1970s.
Permalon Ltd
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by Matt Probert
Miniature playing cards advertising "Perma" smoking-related products featuring the "Perma Girl" on the backs and Joker.
Progressive Whist Cards - page 3
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by Tony Hall
There were various Sports and Sporting Whist themes... and tobacco advertising on score cards.
Roldan Tobacco Cards, Peru
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by Simon Wintle
Tobacco cards with miniature playing cards inset into top corners, printed by Litografía y Tipografía Fabbri Hermanos, for Roldan y Cia Tobacco, Lima, c.1895.
Standard Genoese
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by Simon Wintle
Van Genechten manufactured playing cards in various styles, including specially customised versions for commercial clients wishing to advertise their own brands on the cards.
Will’s Cigarettes and Auction Bridge
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by Tony Hall
In 1926 Will’s issued a set of 25 cigarette cards on Auction Bridge, presenting a range of hands illustrating various circumstances in play.
Wills 200th Anniversary
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by Simon Wintle
Double pack commemorating the 200th anniversary of W.D & H.O. Wills Ltd, 1786 - 1986.
Wills’s Happy Families game
Wills’s “Happy Families” cards were issued by the Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain and Ireland) Limited in around 1930.