[8] Português was one of the first unfiltered cigarettes in Portugal, and was one of the last to be discontinued in 2003, when the brand was sold with a filter only.

The suave Portuguese style emerged from a chain of architects, at the beginning of the 20th century.

The style was a mixture of exterior aesthetic elements taken from the Portuguese architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries and the traditional houses of the various regions of Portugal.

[8] Various special edition versions have also been released over the years, containing other known Portuguese monuments on the packs.

[9] In November 2004, the newspaper Portugal Resident revealed that various Portuguese cigarette variants contained dieldrin, which is a banned carcinogenic pesticide in Europe and the United States.