Winston (cigarette)

Winston
A pack of Winston cigarettes with German-language warning label
Product typeCigarette
OwnerITG Brands (U.S. only)
Japan Tobacco (Outside the U.S.)
CountryUnited States
Introduced1954 (1954)
Previous ownersR. J. Reynolds
Tagline
Websitewinstoncigarettes.com
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

Winston is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by ITG Brands, subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco in the United States and by Japan Tobacco outside the U.S. The brand is named after the town where R. J. Reynolds started his business, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As of 2017, Winston has the seventh-highest U.S. market share (2 percent) of all cigarette brands, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Maxwell Report.

This market share has been falling since 2003, when it peaked at 3.92 percent, although Winston has consistently been in the top 10 cigarette brands by U.S. market share since 2001, according to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse.