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Governments take away these visual marketing tools by requiring plain packaging and making tobacco products less attractive and more similar

A flat sheet of metal with holes punched through it, pressed against the cotton wick

And for anyone from Britain or Ireland, view this spectacularly unfortunate 30-second ad to catch a tiny glimpse of the horror Americans experience when they hear us blithely blurting out how were gasping for a fag, or would dearly like to ponce a fag, or, in the very worst of both worlds, asking politely if we might be able to bum a fag

It's small, just a few inches from tail to face, and doesn't make you flinch