Tobacco companies sought endorsement from physicians, marketing cigarettes that were "gentler" on the throat and helped to keep you slim
It sells its own brand along with several cigars made with sports stars, among them Wade Boggs and Jos Reyes
Teen smoking is at an all-time low, and the number of smoking adults is plummeting as the practice is increasingly discouraged in public, banned indoors, and taxed so much as to be unaffordable
So, despite this resurrection of smoking as it nears Ozempic-level "it" factor, I'm not lighting up anytime soon and hope others who find this latest fad cool will come to their senses
Image provided by the Australian Government of a proposed plain-packaged cigarette packet
But Poland stands to lose tobacco industry jobs and some politicians worry about seeming high-handed to smokers, an estimated third of the population