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TOBACCO USE CURVE IN THE US rose dramatically and fell dramatically. To replace the lost revenues, tobacco companies expanded overseas, where regulation was soft or non-existent. They also looked at new niches in the West, including marijuana, and ultimately hit on smokeless tobacco, and flavored tobacco. https://lnkd.in/dSDshZz View in LinkedIn

RISE AND FALL OF WESTERN ADDICTION PROFITS. "After Surgeon General Terry’s announcement (~1960), cigarette use suddenly began to decline ... it has continued to decline annually ever since. Both the rise and fall of the cigarette were so dramatic that Harvard historian Allan Brandt dubbed the 1900s “The Cigarette Century.” https://lnkd.in/dSDshZz View in LinkedIn

WWI WAS THE START OF US TOBACCO ADDICTION. "But in the trenches of Europe, soldiers did not have time to pack a pipe or savor a slow-burning cigar. Cigarettes were included in doughboys’ rations as they shipped off to Europe. Soldiers came home addicted to what Henry Ford called “the little white slaver.” https://lnkd.in/dSDshZz View in LinkedIn

RECENT NICTOTINE ADDICTION. "During the first six decades of the 20th century, smoking had grown from a casual pastime to a national addiction. In 1900, the average American adult smoked just 54 manufactured cigarettes each year ... by 1963, the average American was smoking 4,345 manufactured cigarettes per year." https://lnkd.in/dSDshZz View in LinkedIn

NUTRACEUTICAL STRATEGY. "Many of these suggestions imply long range programs with questionable payoff if the benefit cannot be advertised. Advertising the appetite suppressant characteristic of cigarettes as a benefit or the relief of colds with menthol cigarettes presents another touchy situation and potential FDA interference." https://lnkd.in/dcxf3iK View in LinkedIn

CIGARETTES FOR DRUG DELIVERY. "Although cigarette filler is a relatively poor delivery device, tipping paper can be coated and the agents may be delivered orally." https://lnkd.in/dcxf3iK View in LinkedIn

CIGARETTES DELIVERING DRUGS. "As a result of two idea sessions on developing a cigarette with a beneficial additive, some 22 suggestions were generated. Cigarettes delivering therapeutic agents, physiological effects, mood changes, or reducing dental caries, anxiety, colds, etc. received much discussion." https://lnkd.in/dcxf3iK View in LinkedIn

UNDER THE RADAR. "Their frequent references to how careful they must be not to trigger FDA regulation makes one realize how important the FDA's "interference" is in protecting people from physical and chemical tinkering at the hands of the tobacco industry's "shade-tree pharmacists." http://tobaccodocuments.org/landman/185684.html View in LinkedIn

17% OF TOBACCO ADDITIVES ARE PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE. "Tobacco companies have added many other chemicals with a wide variety of possible effects (including) ... chemical additives that may have pharmacological effects. Our results indicate that more than 100 of 599 documented cigarette additives have pharmacological actions." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE BOTANICALS. "Through the years, Philip Morris has maintained listings of patents on vitamins and therapeutic ingredients in cigarettes as well as listings of patents on medicated cigarettes. However, as noted, it is not known how much effort Philip Morris engaged in to incorporate “beneficial” additives." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn