Apollo-Soyuz (cigarette)

To honor the joint Soviet-American flight of the Soyuz-Apollo, a series of postage stamps and envelopes with the stamp first day covers, postcards, photo albums, as well as cigarettes under the name "Apollo-Soyuz" with the famous Virginia tobacco from the American company Philip Morris were issued to be made.

[1][2][3] The cigarettes went on sale in the Soviet Union on July 15, 1975, the day the Soyuz was launched, and later in the United States.

[3] In the astronauts city Leninsk (nowadays called Baikonur) the cigarettes could be bought freely at 1.5 Rbls. 50kop.

[6][7] Manufacturing of the brand was discontinued in 1980 upon expiry of the term of the license agreement between Philip Morris and Glavtabak.

[10][11][12] Apollo-Soyuz cigarettes appeared in the game Escape from Tarkov where the brand is called "Apollon Soyuz".