Pall Mall cigarettes
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An American pack of Pall Mall Red cigarettes
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| Product type | Cigarette |
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| Produced by | R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (United States only), British American Tobacco |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | 1899 |
| Previous owners | Black Butler Company |
| Website | pallmallusa.com |
Pall Mall (/ˌpɛlˈmɛl/, /ˌpælˈmæl/ or adopted /ˌpɔːlˈmɔːl/) is an American brand of cigarettes produced by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and internationally by British American Tobacco at multiple sites. As of 2012, Pall Mall is R. J. Reynolds' highest selling brand.
The Pall Mall brand was introduced in 1899 by the Black Butler Company (UK) in an attempt to cater to the upper class with the first "premium" cigarette. It is named after Pall Mall, a well-known street in London.
In 1907, Pall Mall was acquired by American Tobacco with the sale of Butler & Butler. The new owners used the premium brand to test innovations in cigarette design, such as, in 1939, the "king-size" (now the standard size for cigarettes at 85mm, although today that includes the filter length), and a new way of stuffing tobacco that supposedly made cigarettes easier on the throat.
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