Air curing takes weeks and results in mellow, slightly sweet tobacco
It can be spread from person to person through contact with the feces (stool) of people who are infected
Its woody, smoky and leathery construction can seduce both men and women who like signatures with character
Critically, there was net support for the packaging from smokers after introduction, whilst before introduction more smokers were opposed to it than in favour
Other past key measures include the mandating of pictorial health warnings that cover 75% of the front and back panels of cigarette and little cigar packages, the adoption of smoking bans in indoor public spaces and workplaces, as well as the sponsoring of prevention campaigns
Large-scale epidemiological studies conducted in the 1950s supported the causal relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer and other diseases