A moment of audacity and defiance in the face of death
Along with traditional exporters such as the EU (Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom) and the United States, Singapore has developed as a major cigarette exporter in the Far East, far in excess of domestic consumption, although it is not a producer of tobacco
In fact, 85% of Black smokers use menthol cigarettes, and smoking is the leading cause of preventable death among African Americans
Chinas failure to deliver on its promises, including blunting the influence of its own tobacco Goliath, is hardly happenstance
Your journey begins with the origins of tobacco use in the Americas, tracing its spread across the globe through the Spanish and Portuguese empires until its eventual arrival in Japan