Winston was launched in 1955 and became the first nationally smoked filtered cigarette. By 1966, Winston became the best-selling cigarette in the country, a position it held for 10 years. Nowadays, Winston remains one of the nation's top-10 cigarette brands. Winston's "Leave the Bull Behind" attitude is backed by its unique, additive-free product point-of-difference - naturally smooth tobacco taste. "Winston" is a name deriving from the old saxon / norse words "wynn" meaning "good" or "beautiful" and "stonn" meaning town or place. This is the name of several places in England and in the United States of America. And it was Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which has given its name to two brands of cigarettes famous all over the world.