| 1723 | Foundation of the first Austrian tobacco factory at Hainburg. |
| 1784 | May, 8th - Foundation of KAISERLICHE TABAK-REGIE, the Austrian tobacco monopoly. |
| 1848 | KAISERLICHE TABAK-REGIE launches it's first cigarette, it has a wooden mouthpiece and production gets stopped after a few years only. |
| 1865 | KAISERLICHE TABAK-REGIE launches it's first successful cigarette, called ORDINÄRE DOPPEL-CIGARETTE. It's 2 times longer than a usual cigarette with a mouthpiece at both sides. It had to get cut into two before litting it up. |
| 1866 | The launch of the first Austrian cigarette was such a success that KAISERLICHE TABAK-REGIE launched already 1 year later several other brands: BAFFRA, DAMEN, GEMISCHTE, SALON, SAMSUN, STAMBUL and SULTAN |
| 1867 | Austrian Empire gets renamed to Austro-Hungarian Empire, therefore KAISERLICHE TABAK-REGIE gets renamed to KAISERLICH KÖNIGLICHE TABAK-REGIE |
| 1877 | KAISERLICH KÖNIGLICHE TABAK-REGIE launches 10 different test brands for a period of 5 years to find out what the customer prefers. The very imaginative names of these brands: BEKTEMIS, FITSCHIRTI, GELEPLI, INGIES, KIRIZILLER, LA CONQUETTE, LA FORCE, MURSAL, OKSILAR and TSCHAKIRLI |
| 1882 | The clear winner of the 5 years test marketing was LA FORCE. All 10 test brands got discontinued, the LA FORCE type got introduced as SPORT, one of the most successful brands of KAISERLICH KÖNIGLICHE TABAK-REGIE for almost a century. |
| 1892 | currency "Gulden" (= 100 Kreuzer) gets replaced by "Kronen" (= 100 Heller) |
| 1916 | KAISERLICH KÖNIGLICHE TABAK-REGIE opens a factory at Munich (Germany) |
| 1918 | November, 12th - the last Austrian emperor Karl I. abdicates, Austria becomes a republic |
| 1919 | KAISERLICH KÖNIGLICHE TABAK-REGIE gets renamed to ÖSTERREICHISCHE TABAK-REGIE |
| 1925 | April, 1st - currency "Kronen" gets replaced by "Schilling" (= 100 Groschen), exchange rate: 10.000 Kronen = 1 Schilling |
| 1926 | ÖSTERREICHISCHE TABAK-REGIE opens a factory at Dübendorf, Zürich (Switzerland) |
| 1928 | ÖSTERREICHISCHE TABAK-REGIE acquires AUGUST FALK |
| 1938 | March, 13th - Austria becomes part of Germany, the Austrian "Schilling" gets replaced by German "Reichsmark" (exchange rate: 1,50 Schilling = 1 Reichsmark) |
| 1939 | ÖSTERREICHISCHE TABAK-REGIE gets renamed to AUSTRIA TABAKWERKE |
| 1946 | German "Reichsmark" gets replaced by new Austrian "Schilling" |
| 1955 | Austria becomes again a sovereign state |
| 1960 | single cigarettes are no longer available, complete packs only |
| 197? | Tar and Nicotine content gets printed on the packs |
| 198? | AUSTRIA TABAKWERKE gets renamed to AUSTRIA TABAK |
| 1982 | Health warnings appear at side of the pack |
| 1995 | Austria becomes part of the European Union July, 1st - new health warnings at pack front starting with "Die EU-Gesundheitsminister:" |
| 1996 | January, 1st - maximum tar gets reduced to 15mg |
| 1997 | AUSTRIA TABAK gets privatized |
| 1998 | January, 1st - maximum tar gets reduced to 12mg |
| 1999 | AUSTRIA TABAK acquires cigarette business of SWEDISH MATCH and renames it to AUSTRIA TABAK SCANDINAVIA at Sweden and AUSTRIA TABAK EESTI at Estonia |
| 2001 | AUSTRIA TABAK gets acquired by United Kingdom's GALLAHER |
| 2002 | January, 1st - "Schilling" gets replaced by "Euro" |
| 2003 | August, 22nd - new big health warnings with white background and black frame (30% of surface at front, 40% at back), no more names like "light" or "mild" |
| 2004 | January, 1st - maximum tar gets reduced to 10mg, nicotine to 1.0mg |
| 2006 | May, 15th - a minimum price gets installed - 3.25 € for 20 cigarettes |
| 2008 | May, 1st - minimum price gets raised to 3.35 € for 20 cigarettes |
| 2009 | May, 1st - minimum price gets raised to 3.45 € for 20 cigarettes |
| 2010 | March, 4th - EU court of justice revokes minimum price for cigarettes |
| 2011 | JT INTERNATIONAL closes last Austrian cigarette production plant, from now on all cigarettes at Austria are imported |
| 2016 | January, 1st - consumer protection law which didn't allow packs with less than 20 cigarettes
becomes more restrictive - now only packs with 20 or 25 cigarettes are allowed April - the last cigarette without filter - JONNY - gets discontinued May, 20th - new pictured health warnings (65% of surface), additional flavours (except menthol) are no longer permitted, tar/nicotine/CO declarations are no longer permitted, terms like "Slims", "without additives", "natural" or "one" are no longer permitted, pillow/square/round/sliding packs are no longer permitted September - EU court of justice revokes quantity limitations, any quantity equal/higher 20 pieces will be allowed again |
| 2019 | May, 20th - all packs have to wear a Track & Trace label |
| 2020 | May, 20th - menthol cigarettes are no longer permitted |
| 2021 | July, 1st - all packs have to wear the additional warning FILTER ENTHÄLT KUNSTSTOFF, covering 25% of the remaining space at rear |