Henry Banks
In speaking about his mother's tobacco addiction, Henry added this information:
"Salem is a brand of cigarettes introduced in 1956 by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as the first filter-tipped mentholcigarette.[1] Its name (along with that of the Winston brand) derives from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the city where RJR was founded and headquartered. Salem cigarettes are unique in that they are blended with Asian Menthol ]rather than the traditional mainstream Menthol.[ It is owned and marketed by ITG Brands LLC. (a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco Company) inside the U.S. and by Japan Tobacco outside the U.S." From Internet Sources