Editing Lucky Strike (section)

== Name ==
Lucky Strike was introduced as a brand of plug tobacco ([[chewing tobacco]] bound together with molasses) by an American firm R.A. Patterson in 1871 and evolved into a cigarette by the early 1900s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tobacco Shipping Crate |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_1361964#:~:text=Founded%20in%201871,%20Lucky%20Strike,became%20their%20signature%20cigarette%20brand. |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=americanhistory.si.edu |language=en}}</ref> The brand style name was inspired by the [[gold rush]]es of the era, and was intended to connote a top-quality blend.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Л |first1=Драб Н. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PyP4DwAAQBAJ&q=lucky+strike+tobacco+named+after+gold+rush |title=Збірник тестів з підготовки до ЗНО 2021: англійська мова: посібник |last2=М |first2=Лобецька І. |last3=О |first3=Костюк Т. |date=2020-01-09 |publisher=Нова Книга |isbn=978-966-382-845-9 |language=en}}</ref>

An [[urban legend]] claims that the name is a reference to [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] in some cigarette packs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marijuana in Lucky Strike|url=http://www.snopes.com/business/secret/luckies.asp|website=Snopes.com|date=28 May 2011 |access-date=12 May 2017}}</ref>