The Impact of Prohibition on the American Cigarette Industry

You said your grandfather stayed away from prostitution and drugs. How much was business like badly impacted by the fact that they were no longer moving alcohol at 2000% markups every week? Well, I think, you know, the taxes on the cigarettes were a big thing. And then if you can get them from Canada, they didn't have that there's a stamp apparently on the bottom of packs of cigarettes. That was the only difference. They didn't have to any of the taxes. So right. Whatever the tax was, you know,. the 8 or 10%. That's what they were making. On the second built-in markup, right, built in markup, and they made a

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