Benson & Hedges Gold

The British default. Unexciting, entirely reliable, and priced by the Treasury.

In production since 1873

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Our notes

B&H Gold is the cigarette a generation of British smokers bought without thinking about it, and it holds up: a soft, mildly sweet Virginia with a short clean finish and no rough edges anywhere.

What you are paying for is mostly duty. The cigarette itself is a solid seven.

What works

Completely predictable pack to pack
Soft finish with no harshness
Ubiquitous in its home market

What does not

UK duty makes it poor value
Blend is deliberately unmemorable

Specifications

10 mg

Tar

0.8 mg

Nicotine

84 mm

Length

Pack

Medium

Strength

Regular

Flavour

King size

Format

Filtered

Filter

Tar and nicotine are the manufacturer or market-label declarations, measured by machine under ISO conditions. They do not describe what any individual smoker inhales.

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