Question: What is believed to have inspired the name and trademark image for Bull Durham smoking tobacco?
Answer: As the story goes, tobacco maker John R. Green borrowed the idea from a popular mustard made in Durham, England, whose label showed a bull’s head. Green swapped in a whole bull for his “Genuine Durham Smoking Tobacco,” and the image became one of the country’s best-known trademarks. Historians note the mustard story has never been proven.
