b acco , ▁especially ▁by ▁min ors , ▁and ▁direct ing ▁its ▁prof its ▁towards ▁soci ally ▁benef icial ▁causes . ▁The ▁design ers ▁of ▁the ▁traditional ▁Ga ulo ise ▁packet ▁rein for ced ▁national ▁identity ▁by ▁selecting ▁a ▁peculiar ly ▁French ▁sh ade ▁of ▁blue ▁( like ▁the ▁bl ues ▁later ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁French ▁artist ▁Y ves ▁Klein ). ▁ ▁John ▁Fr us ci ante , ▁former ▁guitar ist ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Hot ▁Ch ili ▁Pe ppers , ▁sm oked ▁Ga ulo ises , ▁as ▁noted ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁Sc ar ▁T issue ▁by ▁friend ▁and ▁band mate ▁Anthony ▁K ied is . ▁During ▁his ▁time ▁at ▁Mar l borough ▁College ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁English ▁singer - song writer ▁Nick ▁Dra ke ▁would ▁enjoy ▁sm oking ▁Dis que ▁Blue ▁c igare tt es ▁with ▁his ▁friend ▁Jer emy ▁Mason , ▁in ▁the ▁High ▁Street ▁of ▁the ▁town . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁French ▁government ▁considered ▁a ▁ban ▁on ▁both ▁the ▁Ga ulo ises ▁and ▁G itan es ▁cig aret te ▁br ands ▁because ▁they ▁were ▁de emed ▁" to o ▁sty lish ▁and ▁cool ". ▁The ▁ban ▁would ▁also ▁apply ▁to ▁br ands ▁including ▁Mar l bor o ▁Gold , ▁Vog ue , ▁L ucky ▁St rike ▁and ▁Fort una . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁public ▁health ▁law ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁European ▁directive ▁that ▁says ▁to b acco ▁products ▁" must ▁not ▁include ▁any