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Part One: How Cigarettes Invented Everything

Behind the Bastards

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Duke's Invention of Cigarette Ads

Duke spent a quarter of the money he made on sales on ads. His competitors were forced to pour similar amounts of cash into their own efforts, igniting the first national billboard war. "We like all the entire toolbox of capitalism is being created," says David Letterman.

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