Cuba, with its fertile soil and humid climate, became a hub for tobacco cultivation, laying the groundwork for its reputation as the cigar capital of the world
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These cuts include eliminating the Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and significantly scaling back the Center for Tobacco Products at the Food and Drug Administration, agencies that regulate tobacco products and monitor and attempt to reduce tobacco use
Even that abhorrent social ill is based on good intention: More than a century ago, the snubbing of cigarettes under the toe of your shoe, or flicking them into the gutter, was considered not only good etiquette but a safety practice