Basic is a brand of lower-cost cigarettes manufactured by Philip Morris, a division of Altria Group.

As of 2005[update], Basic is the fourth most popular cigarette brand in the United States (following Marlboro, Newport, and Camel)[1] and the second most popular among white smokers age 26 and older.[2]

Basic comes in several different varieties:

Full Flavor (red)
Full Flavor 100's
Lights (silver)
Lights 100's
Ultra Lights (blue)
Ultra Lights 100's
Full Flavor Menthol (forest green)
Full Flavor Menthol 100's
Light Menthol (green)
Light Menthol 100's
Ultra Light Menthol (sea green)
Ultra Light Menthol 100's
Non-filtered (brown)
Additionally, they are available in soft and hard pack (flip-top box) packages