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Silk Cut Purple

The brand that made low tar a design statement. The design has aged better than the smoke.

In production since 1964

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Our notes

Silk Cut Purple is heavily ventilated and tastes it — the smoke is thin and cool with a faint paper note that becomes the dominant flavour in the last third.

The blend is clean and the construction is fine. There simply is not much there.

What works
  • Very cool smoke
  • Clean, no harshness
  • Iconic pack design
What does not
  • Paper note dominates the final third
  • Thin body even for a 6mg
  • Poor value at UK prices

Specifications

6 mg

Tar

0.5 mg

Nicotine

84 mm

Length

20

Pack

Light

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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