Even back then cigarettes were not only milder than cigars but also cheaper. Kids tended to lay off the stogies, as theydo today. Leaving that aside, it seems to me that there is a huge difference between Wagner putting his name on a cigar label and allowing his card to appear in a cigarette pack. A hundred years ago, only a very eccentric few would have collected cigar bands, so there is little danger that kids are going to buy boxes of cigars to build a collection of Wagner cigar bands or whatever. But those darn cigaratte cards comprise a set of 520 baseball stars. Believe me, collecting those darn cigarette cards can be addicting---and I believe old Honus when he says that he didn't want to contribute to that addiction and to the purchase of cigarettes that would have fed that addiction.
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