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(01:24) Like the national broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC, which fought against Congresss proposed ban on TV and radio cigarette commercials in 1969 (a bill sought by the tobacco companies to halt the impact of anti-smoking ads that had been mandated by the Federal Communications Commission in 1967 as the result of a lawsuit by attorney John Banzhaf III asking for an application of the Fairness Doctrine to counter unopposed cigarette advertising), The New York Times and other print media corporations long resisted entreaties to stop accepting cigarette ads

As North Koreas prowess in tobacco manufacturing has improved, residents have widely begun to believe that North Korean tobacco products are of higher quality than low-cost Chinese brands, and North Korean tobacco products are now very popular among Chinese [living and working] near the Sino-North Korea border

Any person found guilty of displaying cigarette adverts on a vending machine could face imprisonment for up to six months, a fine of 5,000, or both

If you're serious about getting your house smelling great, you'll want to wash all your household linen