A NICKEL A PACK WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL......THE BIG TOBACCO COMPANIES WERE HAWKING POTENTIAL SMOKERS, MERCILESSLY



        ADVERTISING IN CHILDRENS' MAGAZINES, COMIC BOOKS AND TELEVISION/MOVIES....      THE 'MONKEY-SEE.....MONKEY-DO' MENTALITY...WAS   CATERED TO BY THE EVIL ADVERTISING EMPIRE....


                                CIGARS?   CIGARETTES?   CIGARILLOS?, BOYS AND GIRLS??   

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