ATDTDA (17): readymades (479.19)

[Tim Strzechowski]

[...] High-class magazines were full of ads for "ready-mades" as cigarettes in packs were called. Most 10 cents a pack — Spuds and Wings were a nickel. [...]
 
http://www.infinitematrix.net/columns/waldrop/waldrop19.html
 
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History of Cigarettes and Smoking

Tobacco and smoking has a long and checkered history dating. The tobacco plant is believed to be widely spread in America since the 1st Century. Pictorial records of smoking date back to the 11th century. Below is a synopsis of the history of smoking. cigarettes, cigars and tobacco. [...]
 
http://www.cigarettes-below-cost.com/history_of_cigarettes.html
 
[...] Tobacco became even more popular and more affordable in the 19th century. The consumption of cigarettes had surpassed other forms, such as chew or snuff. In addition, tobacco companies heavily promoted cigarettes, while cigars became a sign of wealth...to be consumed mainly by the rich. Over time, as manufacturing capabilities improved, most tobacco products such as cigars, cigarettes, pipes, tobacco flavors etc., were further refined and improved. It was during the industrialization era that the largest tobacco companies were founded, using machines that brought about the mass production of cigarettes with unprecedented speed and quality.  


At the beginning of the 20th century, the two World Wars contributed to the consumption of tobacco amongst soldiers in combat. However, cigarette consumption was down during World War II due to a shortage of quantities available to ship to the front. After the end of the war, the women’s suffrage movement began, and a key issue was the right to smoke. Women soon won this right and the look of the modern, smoking woman was created. [...]

http://www.rednationtobacco.com/Tobacco_Cigarettes.asp