Fatima Cigarettes (pronounced fa-TEE-ma) was an American brand of cigarettes, manufactured by the Liggett & Myers tobacco company. Early packaging says "Cameron & Cameron Co., Richmond, Va.; Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. successor."
History
Fatima was launched in the 1870s, and was marketed as an exotic blend of Turkish tobaccos.[3] It was one of the first brands to be made on a cigarette machine. The name Fatima, a common Turkish or Arab woman's name, helped bolster the Turkish image.
In the early 1900s, manufacturers of Turkish and Egyptian cigarettes tripled their sales and became legitimate competitors to leading brands. Fatima cigarettes was one of many cigarettes developed at this time which received wide success. Liggett & Myers Fatima cigarettes, named after a common first name for Arabic women, was one of them. The pack art featured a veiled woman, the Turkish crescent moon with stars, and the Iron Cross, the symbol of the Ottoman Empire.[4] It was the best-selling cigarette brand in the U.S. from 1910 to 1920.[5]