Gilbert Frankau's novels are generally pretty poor, but ironically he bankrupted the family cigar business by trying to move into cigarettes in 1909 (the brand was Lucana) so I am greatly intrigued by his being reduced to promoting other people's cigarettes for them
Crafted from the finest Virginia tobaccos & manufactured in England, these cigarettes deliver a refined, mild-flavor smoking experience for the passionate enthusiast.
This means there is not a huge drop-off in visceral intensity
According to the authors, there is an anecdotal link between COVID and peptic ulcers
"For Perique, the leaves are extremely wet, quickly hand-stripped from their midribs, and twisted into bundles that will then go into a charred oak barrel." The bundles are placed into ex-bourbon barrels, marking the beginning of Perique's lengthy fermentation process