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  2. East Africa Time - Wikipedia

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    b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively. East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. The time zone is three hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+03:00 ), which is the same as Moscow Time, Arabia Standard Time, Further-eastern European Time and Eastern European Summer Time. [1]

  3. History of nicotine marketing - Wikipedia

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    History of nicotine marketing. Cigar store Indian likely meant to portray a Powhatan leader, made in ~1750 and used to advertise a tobacconist's shop in England until 1900. At the time the sign was made, the Powhatan Confederacy had been destroyed and its people enslaved for decades. The history of nicotine marketing stretches back centuries.

  4. Tobacco in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to the research, for every 100 U.S adults, age 18 or older, more than 15 smoked cigarettes in 2016. In other words, there are about 37.8 million cases of cigarette smokers in the United States. More than 16 million Americans are living with a smoking-related disease.

  5. History of commercial tobacco in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In Europe, there was a desire for not only snuff, pipes and cigars, but cigarettes appeared as well. Cigar rolling and even the creation of pipe tobacco at the time was labor-intensive and, without slave labor, innovation needed to occur. Bonsack's cigarette rolling machine, as shown on U.S. patent 238,640.

  6. Prevalence of tobacco use - Wikipedia

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    The prevalence of tobacco use was generally lower among those with higher education levels. Adults aged 18–24 years were at 24.4% and 25–44 years were at 24.1%, which were the highest prevalence indicators. The prevalence of current smoking was higher among adults living below the poverty line at 29.9% than among those at or above the ...

  7. Tobacco marketing targeting African Americans - Wikipedia

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    Based on the evidence submitted by Brown, menthol cigarettes account for between 60–75% of the cigarettes smoked by African-Americans—and 90% percent of African-American youth smokers smoke menthols. The case was dismissed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2001.

  8. Types of tobacco - Wikipedia

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    British American Tobacco (BAT) began to discuss the trialling of Y1 tobacco in 1991, despite it not being approved for use in the United States. B&W promised in 1994 to stop using Y1, but at that time they had 7 million lb (3,200 t) of inventory, and continued to blend Y1 into their products until 1999. Curing methods

  9. Tobacco smoking - Wikipedia

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    Many nations have implemented some form of tobacco taxation. As of 1997, Denmark had the highest cigarette tax burden of $4.02 per pack. Taiwan only had a tax burden of $0.62 per pack. The federal government of the United States charges $1.01 per pack. Cigarette taxes vary widely from state to state in the United States.