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Originally Posted by BobC
Not at all the only one Pat. That is astounding that they were in control of that much of the domestic cigarette market. What does surprise me is that there had not been a run up in prices. Where else were people going to get their cigarettes/tobacco otherwise?
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The illusion of competition, which may have kept them out of trouble for a while.
Plus, with so many different brands they could have different pricing tiers for what was actually the same product.
I would think that what was produced at say factory 30 was the same stuff in different paper tubes.
That's still done today. A friend worked on controls at a plant making vodka. They did 6 different brands, all from the same machine. Monday- Premium brand, Tuesday to Friday different brand each day less premium each day. Saturday, rotgut until the charcoal filters finally gave out. Sunday change the charcoal...