The fug that all but envelops The Queens Gambit , which is set in the mid-1950s and 60s in the US, could plausibly be excused: after all, in 1954 a full 45 per cent of Americans smoked, that countrys highest level
It may also be the case that tobacco as such simply was not as harmful then as it is now, at least in certain formsthough, on the other hand, the relative lack of hygienic standards of production and distribution may render this difference less significant than one might think
In 2006, together the five largest cigarette manufacturers spent $12.49 billion (more than $35 million a day) advertising their products, making tobacco products one of the most marketed products in the United States (1)
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We imported the word from Italy, where the word busto means upper body