Sinatra won the contest in 1944, Van Johnson in 1945, and Sinatra again this year
California becomes the second state in the nation, after Massachusetts, to enact a ban prohibiting the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes
Tasters described the combined mixture as milder, more coffee-like, and overall, more pleasant, while pure caffeine was harsh, alkaloid, medical bitterness, alkaloid being the sharp, drug-like quality that compounds like caffeine can carry on their own
The Impossibly Cool Joe Camel Joe Camel was one of the most successful (and controversial) cigarette ad campaigns in modern times, and ran from 1987 to 1997, before it was forced to be retired amid accusations that the campaign targeted underage smokers with its cartoon appearance and impossibly cool image
At the time, tobacco smoking was already well established across Europe, primarily through pipes and cigars