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Part One: How Cigarettes Invented Everything

Behind the Bastards

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Duke Is Trying to Convince People They Want to Smoke

The Bonsack machine quickly replaced human rollers who left the cigarette industry to roll cigars. The size of a pack doubled from 10 to 20, taking advantage of how easy it was to smoke now. By 1900s, still less than 2% of tobacco consumers are smoking cigarettes. Duke is trying to convince people they want to do something they haven't done.

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