Carpati was a Romanian brand of cigarettes, which was owned and manufactured by the state during the communist period. The brand is named after the Carpathian Mountains, a mountain range that stretches across Central Europe and Eastern Europe. It was one of the cheapest cigarettes available on the market, becoming a favorite amongst students, factory workers and in the military, at one point in the 1970s accounting for more than 60% of the total sales in Romania. However, ever since the introduction of foreign brands after the Romanian Revolution and subsequent privatization of the factory, market share of Carpați cigarettes dropped to a mere 10%, and they were only sold on the internal market in Romania. The factory closed its doors on 21 December 2010, after 113 years of cigarette production.