<Tr> <Th> Introduced </Th> <Td> 1871; 146 years ago (1871) </Td> </Tr> <P> Lucky Strike is an American brand of cigarettes owned by the British American Tobacco groups . Often referred to as "Luckies", Lucky Strike was the top - selling cigarette brand in the United States during the 1930s . </P> <P> Lucky Strike brand was introduced in 1871 by the company R.A. Patterson in the USA as chewing tobacco . The founder of Luckies was inspired by the era's rush for gold searching . Only some of the gold diggers (about four out of 1000) were fortunate enough to find gold and this was often referred to as a lucky strike . By choosing this expression as the product's name, it meant consumers who were choosing the brand were lucky, as they were choosing a top - quality blend . Lucky Strike was a brand of chewing tobacco, and by the early 1900s, it had evolved into a cigarette . </P> <P> A well circulated myth is that the name "Lucky Strike" refers to the fact that some cigarette packs contained marijuana, thus getting a "lucky strike" in receiving one of these . This, according to Snopes however, is considered simply an urban legend, and not true . </P>

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