Slim and elegant, the minarets in the Muslim world are used to call the faithful to prayer. Minaret Cigarettes were introduced to American smokers by tobacconist Sotirios Anargyros in 1890. Anargyros was an immigrant from Greece who made his high quality, Egyptian style, straight-Turkish tobacco cigarettes in New York City. Pack graphics were a combination of Greek antiquity in a North African setting. James Duke's American Tobacco Company trust bought the S. Anargyros company in 1900. ATCo continued to make Minaret until dropped in 1911 when the trust was dissolved.