
Part One: How Cigarettes Invented Everything
Behind the Bastards
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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