
Part One: How Cigarettes Invented Everything
Behind the Bastards
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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