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Old 02-26-2010, 02:45 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by JE3146 View Post
The figures prior to 1920 are the most astonishing. Average per adult male.. over 250 a year!?
That's why they didn't sell them by the box, but rather by the barrel.

It was NOT the Anti-Smoking Lobby that killed the dominance of cigars in this country, it was the development and marketing of the cigarette.
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