RJ Reynolds
Advertising Research Report. Camel/Camel Filter "Okay Charlie" Print Test.
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- Blevins, R.
- Hind, J.F.
- Judge, C.H. III
- Rechholtz, R.A.
- Sandefur, T.E. Jr
- Smith, W.S. Jr
- Gray, H.
- Sugg, W.A.
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- Weber, A.G.
- Bresnahan, J.J.
- Odear, R.M. Jr
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- Haller, T.P.
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- Etienne, R.R.
- Albanese, J.A.
- Genovese, C.S.
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- Camel Okay Charlie Print Test
- Camel Filter Okay Charlie Print Tes
- Hind, J.F.
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- Camel 85
- Camel Non Filter 70
- Tareyton
- American Brands
- Camel 85
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RELATED RECALL - CAMEL/CAMEL FILTER "OKAY CHARLIE" PRINT TEST
1. It was a picture of two hands. The one hand had Camel Filter,
the other Camel Regular, the regular had run out of cigarettes.
The filter hand said, "Okay Charlie", will you try Camel Filter?"
He said, "Thanks/ no, I only smoke regular, I'll buy another pack."...
A hand on left and a hand on the right, Left hand had filter
with cigarettes sticking up. The hand on right looked like he was
shaking pack to see if any cigarettes were in it...There was no sale:
pitch, just the conversation between the two...To get people to
try Camel, whether they try regular or filter. To buy and smoke
Camel. I suppose the underlying idea was to get people to switch
to Camel especially the filter.
Male--21-34--high school
2. I think they had two different packages, one was filter and the
other was regular cigarettes. They always say,"Have a real smoke,
have a Camel."...It was on the back of the magazine,on the back
cover, The hands' of two men and one had the new filter tip and
the other hand had the regular. Each hand had a different pack of
cigarettes...The one man was asking the other one to have a new
filter Camel and the other one(man) said he liked his regular
Came1...The point that the new filter is as good as the regular,
they have the same taste. How some like the filter and some like
the regular, they're the same only they're longer than the regular.
Female--35-50--high school
3. I believe it was on the back cover. They presented the two
different kinds and the man's hand with the Camel Filter cigarettes
offered it to a man who had Camel Regular. The hand holding the
Camel Filter was upright with a few cigarettes extended out of
the package, extending an offer to the other man who's cigarette
pack was upside down to show it was empty. The caption said "Now
will you try the new filters?" The reply was "No thank's, I'll
get another pack of regular." The new pack of filter impressed
me more than the old pack of regular cigarettes...I don't remember
whether there was an offer for a lighter or not, I know there was
in a previous issue...I think something about having a blend of
Turkish tobacco...Implied that they have a new cigarette that is
, filtered. That the old regular cigarette is still a favorite and
prefered by some people to the new filters.
Male--21-34--college
4. There were two different people handling the cigarette. One fellow
had one pack turned down and the other had one turned up with the
cigarette out of the pack. I think it was the filter. It was on
the back cover...You see the cigarette, the filter, the name "Camel"
and the pack. Something about remembering the filter cigarette
and a name of a man...They always say, "Have a real smoke, have a
Camel."...Bringing out idea of regular cigarette or the filter.
Seemed to be pushing the filter, because the regular pack was empty.
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RELATED RECALL - CAMEL/CAMEL FILTER "OKAY CHARLIE" PRINT TEST contd.
5. One guy was offering another guy a filter, and the other guy had
a non-filter. Both refused because he had his own brand. It
seems to me one had on a plaid shirt...There was a full page color
ad, and fairly large type at the bottom of the page. They are
putting out a filter cigarette and they had a filterdd an'unfiltered ciaarette. The type was black
and the paper was white
and it was a red and white and tan ad. These guys looked pretty
healthy...The point of the ad was to convey that.' Camels are
the:greatest. On the back there was a big ad for Camels. One
guy offers the other one a cigarette.. They have a rich, full
taste and mild tobacco. They were mild and smooth. They are a
pretty good cigarette.
Male--21-34--college
6. It showed a man out of cigarettes and another man offers him a
filter Camel and he says he'd rather buy his own...One hand was
a pack of filter and one hand was an empty pack of regular...
They have two different kinds of Camels, but everyone.sticks to
their own.
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Female--35-50--high school
They had a pack of filter and then a regular pack. it was supposed
to be like one person was out of the regular and the one with
filter was offering him a filter cigarette, Fie said something
that he'd never smoked the filter yet, and he'd go get him a
pack of the regular...Two packs of cigarettes and the regular
were empty...Just that they have two kinds, the filter and regular.
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8. It showed two packs of cigarettes, filter and regular. Regular
pack was empty, and the other guy said, "Get a pack of filter,"
and he said no, he liked regular...Just the two packs of cigarettes..
I guess it showed two different types of cigarettes showing two
different types. No matter what you smoke, they're both good.
Male--21-34--high school
9. There were two packs of cigarettes, Camel Filter and Camel
Regular. The regular pack was empty. There were people
there and the fellow holding the filter Camels saic' to the other,
"Have a Camel Filter." He said, "I prefer them straight,
I'll get another pack."...Two packs, a filter pack with cigarettes
and an empty one. The hands holding them.
Male--35-50--high school
10. Ran out of Camel without a filter. He says he should try
the other one...Two packs of cigarettes and a hand...The cigarettes
are good...Different cigarettes. That one had a filter and one
didn't.
Male--21-24--high school
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RELATED RECALL - CAh1EL/CAMEL FILTER "OKAY CHARLIE" PRINT TEST contd.
11. The man was out of regular Camel, so another man told him to
try the Camel Filters...There were two packs in the ad. The
regular was turned upside down, indicating it was empty.
Male--21-34--college
12. One fellow asks the other fellow if he wanted a Camel filter,
and he said, "No thanks. I smoke the regular. I will get another
pack."...Two hands, one with the filter and the other without,
the regular. Coloring red - in the filter pack outstanding...
Bottom of ad said, "Enjoy either one, regular or filter, a real
good smoke."
Male--21-34--college
13. I believe they said, a fellow said, you can have a filter. The
other fellow said he would stay with regular...Couple men, a
couple packs of cigarettes, and the conversation. The package
~( it was the regtilar one they had before and the filter one was
bigger.)
Male--51+--high school
14. There was something about "Look here, Charlie, try these."
He said, "No thank you, I take mine straight."...Two packages
of cigarettes and scrips writing in red color. The writing was
in red...They have two packages, two different types, one with
filter and one without.
Male--35-50--college
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15. One guy was, two hands were holding the packs of cigarettes, one,
the copy on one side was, "Will you buy these Camel's with the
filter tips?"'and the other said, "I only smoke the Camel Regular,"
or to that effect from what I remember...Prominence of the cigarette
and the hands and the copy large, about 36 point...An equality
thing between Camel Filter and Camel Regular. One was as good
as the other, depending on.whether you prefer the filter or not.
Male--21-34--college
16. I just remember there were two package of cigarettes, one filter
and one non-filter. Two people were talking and one asked if
the other had tried the filter. He (the other man) said he had
smoked them straight...A large ad with a black background with
two hands on it. One hand had a package of filter and one plain...
"Have a real smoke, have a Camel."...That Camels now give you a
choice.
Female--35-50--college
17. It had a picture of both kinds of packs of Camels cigarettes.
Somebody ran out of cigarettes to try a filter cigarette, and
Camels.are a real cigarette...It was two packs. One was crunched
up and the other was being offered to smoke...That they are a
real cigarette...They have them in filters now.
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RELATED RECALL -- CAb.EL/CAh1EL FILTER "OKAY CHARLIE" PRINT TEST contd.
18. The ad was on the back. The contrast between the regular and
new pack that were adjacent was eye-catching. Colors were
effective, in fact the whole presentation was good...There was
some background activity (can't remember specifically). From
this background, the two packages stood out.
Male--35-50--college
19. It was a promotion for filter cigarettes. Oh, I guess it was
for both, because there were both kinds in the picture...A
couple of men with the Camel packs. Each one had a pack of
Camels, one a filter, and the other a regular...There were two
persons and a conversation between two men. I don't know what
they said...Both were good cigarettes. The new filter and the
regular Camels.
Male--21-34--college
20. They were advertising Camel Filter and Camel Regular cigarettes.
It was just a standard ad to me. It was just...It was a green
background. It was eye-catching, the contrast of color. The
packet itself and the light background (The package is sort of
light brown. ) .
Male--21-34--college
21. This man wanted straight cigarettes, the other guy wanted filter.
They still go for filter tips...It was a gold and silver and
brown whole page ad...So many years he had smoked Camels and still
would smoke them.
Male--51+--high school
22. It had more than one package. Something else was in the picture...
Some one was holding a package of cigarettes. There was a hand
in the picture...Didn't read it just noticed the package.
Female--35-50--high school
23. "Have a real smoke, have a Camel." I know there is a Camel on
the package. They have Camel Filter and Camel straicth+-...I saw
two packages of cigarettes and one cigarette came out..."Ok,
Charley;'
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24. The Camel Regular and filter cigarettes. The hands holding
packages of Camels, two different hands. Each haa a different
kind of cigarettes, one filter; one regular...I noticed the hands.
They stood out. It was on the back page. (The ad.)...I was
interested that they (Camel cigarettes) came out with filter..
Female--35-50--high school

RELATED RECALL - CAM.EL/CAMEL FILTER "OKAY CHARLIE" PRINT TEST contd.
25. Just the picture of the cigarettes. I think there was someone
holding the package of cigarettes. You could see two hands, one
with the filter and one with the plain...Something about trying
the cigarettes...Something about someone saying, "I smoke them
straight," or, "I'll get another pack."
Male--35-50--grade school
26. Camels, I think, a pack of regular and filter. Only that it
used the expression, "O.K. Charlie, try a filter." Only it's
a very outstanding ad...It was two/three hands on a black page
with white letters...Camels have a real smoke. "O.K., Charlie,
we'll try another". Something about "Thanks." It was like one
man had regular and another had filter...You'd have to use
imagination to carry the message. The pictures tell a message.
Male--35-50--college
27. It has two packs of cigarettes on the back, one advertising
Camel Filter cigarettes and I think the other was advertising
Camel Regular...The two packs, just noticed there was two
packs of cigarettes, don't smoke them. Just two packs of cigarettes
To try and sell Camel Filters.
Male--21-34--high school
28. I just saw the two packs there, the regular and the filter. it
was a hand holding each pack and there were supposed to be words
over them, but I didn't read them...The two packs, the regular
and the filter packs. 0
Female--21-34--high school
29. It seems like to me one of the packs was opened and the other had
a cigarette sticking out of it like a cigarette pack is drawn
like they show on television. It seems like somebody was holding
both packs but two different hands were holding them, not the
same people. I know that they were stressing the point that
they have both regular and filter type cigarettes...I think it
was a back cover ad. I am almost positive. (Somebody holding
the cigarette pack, both packs.)...Oh, I would think that they
were trying to get across that the filter had the same taste as
the regular.
Male--21-34--high school
30. A big ad on the back, with one regular pack upside down open
and a pack of filters open with one or two cigarettes coming out
of the top...Different colored packs of cigarettes. One was
the old kind, and the new one had a band, a red band around it...
They said something like "Have a Camel."...That they have a
filter on the cigarettes they've had for so long plain.
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RELATED RECALL - CAMEL/CAMEL FILTER "OKAY CHARLIE" PRINT TEST contd.
31. It had a man's hand holding a pack and some writing at the top
and writing below. It had a Camel on the package. I remember
their slogan "Have a real smoke, smoke a Camel." There's two
hands showing two new kinds, probably a man's hand holding a
regular pack and a women's hand holding the filter one...Just
remember the writing and the two hands. The different packages...
If you like Camel Regular you will like them with the filter.
You can try them two ways. They say, "Have a real smoke."
Female--21-34--high school
32. The two packs are different color§. The filter cigarettes are
new...A picture of the two packs side by side. The filter ciga-
rettes were a little longer than the regulars. The regular package
was two-tone.
Male--35-50--grade school
33. Difference in the-color of the packs. Picture of two packs,
don't remember any people. One was king-size cigarette and the
other, regular cigarette...Full page ad, and the picture of
the two packs were rather large and prominent...There is more
smoking in a long Camel.
Male--35-50--college
34.
I saw the two packages of the cigarettes. The filter was in
the left corner, the regular was in the right corner. Some
writing on the page. The page was in color...The picture of
the two packages. 9
Male--51+--college
35. I think there were two men involved and one asked the other
"How about a filter cigarette - they're Camels."...It was
in color and I remember the packs was brown and white.
Female--21-34--high school
36. As I remember, there were two life size packages of cigarettes.
One was the filter and one was the regular...It didn't impress
me except you have a choice between regular and filter.
Male--51+--college
37. It was very colorful. It was a big ad and caught your eye...
I remember two hands. One was holding the filter and one was
holding the regular.
Female--21-34--high school
38. Camel Filter is a new cigarette...Saw pack of regular and a pack ~
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RELATED RECALL - CAMEL/CAMEL FILTER "OKAY CHARLIE" PRINT TEST contd.
39. Got both types of filters...Three hands were in the ad...The
regular filters have a real smoke. To get a real smoke, try
Camel Filter cigarettes.
40.
Male--21-34--high school
Ad had the filter and the straight.
Female--51+--high school
41. There was two packs, one white and one brown. One was upside
down, one regular and filter, and lots of hands.
Male--21-34--high school
42. I was impressed that the emphasis was on just the cigarette.
Camels have always been a rough cigarette, nothing fancy, and
this was just a plain sales pitch for Camels. It was not at
all fancy, no women, nothing fancy. If I remember it was just
a pair of hands, no face in it. I remember there was more than
just the Camel cigarette. (Don't remember what it was, but it
was another cigarette put out by the same company.) ... Just honest
advertising. Nothing about women, country club atmosphere, or
mountains...The roughness of the ad, not feminine, just rough
like the cigarette. I regard Camels as a rough cigarette, not
fancy. It was just a common ad like the cigarette.
Male--21-34--college
43.
A full page ad in color. Had traditional Camel pack and the
new pack. Two packs of cigarettes - the traditional regular
and the new pack...Mentioned new, bigger size of Camel cigarettes
Male--35-5---college
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45.
Two hands and two packs of cigarettes...If you der?t like the
long ones, were have the small ones.
Male--21-34--high school
I remember seeing a picture of the old pack and the new
pack beside it but I don't describe the new pack.
Male--51+--high school
46. The big one, the extra length, the king size Camel.
Male--35-50--college
47. Different colors. Unusual colors.
Male--51+--high school
48. A real cigarette.
Female--21-34--high school
49. That Camels had a filter.
Male--35-50--high school

RFLATED RECALL - CAMEL/CAMEL FILTER "OKAY CHARLIE" PRINT TEST
50.
I saw the angle of the pack of cigarettes and the colors...
About the taste and the length.
Male--21-34--college
51. It was on the back cover.
Male--35-50--high school
52.
The Filter Camels come in a gold wrapping...Just stating to the
public that Camel is now making filter cigarettes.
Male--21-34--college
53. It said that Camels got a filter out now...Same quality in a
filter tip.
Male--21-34--high school
54.
It showed a pack of cigarettes...It has a filter. It is smooth
smoking.
Male--35-50--high school
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Ui1RGLf1TF:L) RECALL - CAMEL/CAMEL FILTER "OKAY CHARLIE" PRINT TEST
1. The pack was brown like a tobaccos covering or leather covering...
Camels are going V shape. Two cigare.ttes packs forming a V.
Male--21-34--college
2. The filter is longer and supposed to be better...It just had the
filter. That's all they were advertising...It's a mild cigarette.
Male--21-34--college
3. I remember the two-tone pack. They were in king-sized...The
idea is a cleaner cigarette to smoke. They have less nicotine
and tars.
Male--51+--grade school
4. Something about an improved filter.
Male--51+--grade school

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