Word: tobacco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During their waning time on television, cigarette makers are blowing a bundle to introduceand heavily promotenew brands. In recent weeks, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco has brought out Vantage, American Brands has introduced Maryland 100s, and Philip Morris has put on the market wintergreen-flavored New Leaf. The most unusual new item is Brown & Williamson's Laredo, which is a $2 kit that includes tobacco, paper, filters and a roll-your-own machine. It is fast finding favor among weekend pot smokers...
...Teenager's Guide, Dr. Spock turns thumbs down on tobacco, alcohol and marijuana. He is against anything but group dating until 16 or 17 and, in most cases, anything "beyond kissing and embracing" if there is no "commitment to marriage." Dirty clothes and messy rooms are inexcusable and represent nothing more than "nose-thumbing" at parents. Daily showers and underarm deodorants are important, as are politeness and "getting chores done before your parents have to prod...
...years, sales of loose tobacco for hand-rolled cigarettes have zigzagged downward, perhaps because Americans find rolling inconvenient when tailor-made cigarettes are so easily available. Prices for those tailor-mades, however, have zoomed. (In New York, a pack now sells for 55? to 65?, in San Francisco, 40? to 50?.) To fight that rise, the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. has now hit the streets with Laredo, a kit that might be called the Rolls-Royce of cigarette-rolling machines. Fast, efficient and all but completely foolproof, it turns out a filter cigarette in less than a minute. Included...
...JULY of this year it was revealed that the Treasury Department has been conducting investigations of library cards in several American cities, including Atlanta and Milwaukee. The Internal Revenue Agents were operating under the authority of the 1968 Gun Control Act, which gives the Treasury's Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division responsibility for the registration of explosives. Librarians in several cities were asked to show the cards for various books on explosives as well as books on guerrilla warfare or by Che Guevara. When librarians refused to divulge the names of borrowers of books, many agents reportedly threatened to subpoena...
...founding conference in 1945, is the son of the late Carl J. Hambro, who served as the last president of the League of Nations. As a student, young Edvard did research under a fellowship at League headquarters in Geneva. A former smoker, Hambro now inveighs against tobacco with almost evangelistic fervor, and will not hesitate to ask guests not to smoke in his presence...