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Archive 01-19-2009 05:59 PM

Tobacco history
 
Posted By: <b>Richard Dwyer</b><p>Thought I'd pass this on. Interesting reading.<br><br><br><br><a href="http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/Tobacco_History20-1.html" rel="nofollow"><span class="link">http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/Tobacco_History20-1.html&gt;<br><br></span></a>

Archive 01-19-2009 06:19 PM

Tobacco history
 
Posted By: <b>Tim</b><p>Thanks for sharing Richard. My wife works for Philip Morris and I was actually able to tell her a few things about the companies history that she didn't know.

Archive 01-20-2009 05:04 AM

Tobacco history
 
Posted By: <b>Marty Ogelvie</b><p><p>Thanks for sharing.. good stuff..</p><p> </p><p>Mystery solved: </p><p><em>1909: SPORTS: Baseball great Honus Wagner orders American Tobacco Company take his picture off their &quot;Sweet Caporal&quot; cigarette packs, fearing they would lead children to smoke. The shortage makes the Honus Wagner card the most valuable of all time, worth close to $500,000.</em> <br></p><p>Marty</p>


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