Tobacco companies fought back by promoting their cigarettes with keywords like fresh, light, smooth and mild. Advertising for brands like Lucky Strike implied that smokers cough was just a side effect of low-quality tobacco or inferior processing, which could be avoided by choosing the right cigarette brand
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And he continued smoking Marlboro to his dying day, on a sovereign piece of land belonging to peoples whose ancestors cultivated tobacco in the first place
Despite the intention to curb smoking, these policies have inadvertently strengthened organised crime, leading to increased violence, tax losses, and the availability of unregulated products