Prince is a cigarette

Cigarette

A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...

 brand owned by House of Prince A/S

House of Prince

House of Prince A/S, is a Danish cigarette manufacturer. As Denmark’s only cigarette manufacturer, it was an independent subsidiary of Scandinavian Tobacco Company until its sale to British American Tobacco in 2008....

 which is owned by Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni.

Introduced 1957 by Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker in Denmark and today have approximately a 34% market share in Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. In Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, Prince enjoys a market share of around 42%.

Introduced 1961 in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, 1967 in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, 1972 in the Northern part of West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

 and from 1986 all over Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Available in over 40 countries today.

Comes in both hardbox and softcup.

Variants of the Prince brand

• Prince Rich Taste (formerly Prince Full Flavour, introduced 1957)
• Prince Rounded Taste (formerly Prince Lights, introduced 1979)
• Prince Rich Taste 100 (formerly Prince Full Flavour 100, introduced 1985)
• Prince Rounded Taste 100 (formerly Prince Lights 100, introduced 1987)
• Prince Menthol Taste (formerly Prince Lights Menthol, introduced 1990)
• Prince Golden Taste (formerly Prince Ultra Lights, introduced 1990)
• Prince Golden Taste 100 (formerly Prince Lights 100, introduced 1995)
• Prince Smooth Taste (formerly Prince Extra Ultra, introduced 1999)
• Prince Mellow Taste (formerly Prince Medium)
• Prince Highland Taste : Introduced in 2006
• Prince Indian Summer : Introduced in late 2007/early 2008
• Prince First Cut : Introduced in late 2007/early 2008