Talk:Black Beauty S-25-S Belgium and Holland

Black Beauty was a cigarette manufactured by Theodorus Niemeyer in Groningen, the Netherlands. It contended very dark tobacco and for this reason it was the first cigarette in Holland with a "warning" on the wrap, with "4 points out of 4" wich meant very high tar and nicotine content.

For unexperienced smokers inhaling this cigarette felt like a strike on the chest. However, in Holland also very dark tobacco was sold in packages for self-rolling, like "Zware Van Nelle", "Brandaris" and "Javaansche Jongens". Especially outdoors people and seamen liked these very heavy tobaccos, as the only way to taste something in rough weather outdoors or at sea.

I sometimes used these Black Beauty cigarettes to impress the boys at school, because taking one was always the last time they asked me for a smoke!