Romancing The Smoke is John Aaron's blog about his lifelong battle to quit smoking (which he did more than nine years ago) and the stories, history and news in the absurd world of Tobacco and Nicotine. Author of Romancing The Smoke: Reflections of a Nicotine Addict, John illustrated writer Sean Daly's memoir and completed his second book, Aaron's Book of Contemporary Demons. Romancing The Smoke can be found on Amazon.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
The machine that got things rolling....
The Bonsack rolling machine was invented by James Bonsack during the Civil War. It could crank out 120,000 smokes a day. This made the habit huge. Image courtesy Wikipedia
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