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Posted By: J Hull

What Jon said.

Also, for internal revenue purposes each type of tobacco product was strictly defined by the federal government (cigarettes, cheroots, little cigars, cigars, snuff, plug, cut tobacco, granulated tobacco, etc.). The American Tobacco Company couldn't just say "cigarettes" if what they were selling was granulated smoking tobacco. The two had distinct and different tax rates and regulations. The back of the card says "cigarettes" -- I'll take the plain meaning of the word. Oh, and Jon's considerable expertise, too.


Jamie