Cigarette Boxes - Sizes

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Strange question I'm sure but as a lifelong non-smoker I don't have a Scooby Doo; can anybody provide sizes (and possibly views) of Lucky Strike and Malborough cigarette cartons (not individual packs - I have those - ) for use in a forthcoming 'Nam diorama? Thanks in anticipation.
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Found these online by asking Google for 1960s [brand] carton:

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Thanks Jakko,
I only found individual packs - must have been too generic or specific in my search! My career in IT still fails to beckon!
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It seems 'Luckies' came in several colours through the years
luckies green.jpgluckies red.jpg
lucky strike 1944.jpg
Found on Google Images under 'Lucky Strike Carton' Size? Well. 5 x width & 2 x depth of individual packet
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Cartons were generally of 200 ( 10 X 20 ), 2 layers of 5 - I'm not sure, but I think the American ciggies were all in a soft pack
marlboro softpack.jpg

Each packet was either 85mm or 100mm high ( possibly difference between filtered/unfiltered? ), 85mm wide & 18 deep. These are obvious metric conversions of US non-metric packs. Not sure when flip-top packs were introduced, but US ciggy soft packs were still going when I smoked ( 25+ years ago ). The US military issued ciggies in ration packs until 1975!
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20 packs per carton no mater the color, soft or flip-top.
 

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It seems 'Luckies' came in several colours through the years
They changed it from that weird green to white during the Second World War, and advertised it as the colour being needed for the war effort (which was, of course, nonsense — but I suppose they felt it would help them sell more cigarettes).

I notice the red one says “Made in the U.S.A. for export” so those most likely wouldn’t be seen with American soldiers in Vietnam, I would think.
 
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