Vila Rica is a Brazilian brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

[7][8] In 1976, a commercial of the Vila Rica brand was shown on Brazilian television, starring the then famous football player Gérson praising the brand with the infamous slogan: "Gosto de levar vantagem em tudo, certo?

The line became instantly associated with the traditional Brazilian disregard for laws and social rules as well as bribery and corruption maneauvers, informally named "Jeitinho brasileiro" ("the Brazilian way"), and the expression is largely used to this day.

[11][12][13][14] The reason why R.J. Reynolds chose Gérson for the advert was because he, besides having just won the 1970 FIFA World Cup, when Brazil became three-time world champion, he was an inveterate smoker who lit a cigarette during concentration and training," says Jaques Lewkowicz, a partner at Lew ' Lara, who at the time signed the campaign with José Monserrat Filho.

The idea of using the motto of "take advantage" came from football: If a player suffers foulness and the ball is with him, there is no need to stop the match, and the game continues.