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Big Tobacco companies are making tens of billions of dollars a year selling cigarettes. ... The end of tobacco advertising created distinct historical significance, the relationship between Americans and tobacco would transformed forever, the companies would pay heavily for their lies, denials, and evasions. Tobacco companies would suffer by way of the net income and potential investors, governmental regulations, and price increases. ... I was not until the 1930s that tobacco smoking gained worldwide popularity, yet then a Reader’s Digest article came out titled “Cancer buy the Carton” did the American public realize the ramification of their addiction, and from there on the tobacco industry would suffer, slowly but indefinably, financially.