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After World War II had ended, American tobacco companies started to explore new markets to maintain their prosperity

This image is a clear reference to the fifth episode of the original "Cowboy Bebop," "Ballad of Fallen Angels." It's in that episode where we first learn of Spike's former connection with a Martian crime syndicate called the Red Dragon

Lucy Paige Gaston, founder of the Chicago Anti-Cigarette League, condemned smoking by women on the grounds that it undermined family values and the moral fabric of society

But what about the part of the cigarette thats left behind AFTER smoking the filter or butt

In that case, you often replace the carbon insert after a certain number of uses