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The tobacco companies with Web sites keep mentions of smoking to a minimum.
R. J. Reynolds’s site (http://www. greensboro.com/rjrt/) has a section on
smokers’ rights and promotes Smokers for a Clean America—”a multifaceted
environmental awareness program that features disposable ashtrays”.

If you’re looking for something educational, the Discovery Channel’s site has
an extensive history of smoking from 1850 to 1977 at
http://www.discovery.com/doc/1012/world/history/cigarettes/cigarettesopener.html.

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