Testifying at trial, Maries younger sister also recalled getting Newports from the same Lorillard van, which she said looked like a Frosty truck. The supremely sinister idea of using ice-cream trucks to give away menthol sample packs and, more to the point, turn Black adults and their children into lifelong smokers emerged after the industry got wind of a 1953 survey commissioned by Philip Morris
This is down from 15.1% two years before its introduction
"Study on Cigarette Packs' Native American Imagery Raises Questions About Safety, Cultural Misappropriation - Newsroom"
But the report didn't just attack the tobacco companies it also directly called out candy cigarettes as an attempt to popularize smoking among youngsters
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