The rise and fall of America’s deadly love affair with the cigarette
Cigarettes have been linked to tens of millions of deaths in the United States. Despite their historical popularity, the product has faced significant decline over the decades.
NEW YORK (AP) — Cancer stick. Coffin nail. Cowboy killer. Those are nicknames, through the decades, for the cigarette — the once-glamorous desideratum of American society that has been tied to tens of millions of U.S. deaths. The cigarette is not an invention of the United States. And while Marlboro is a top-selling international brand,...
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