doris duke tobacco American heiress Duke, alighting from Pan American plane, at London Airport, on Feb. 23, 1948. (AP Photo/Stf/Worth Stock Photo American tobacco heiress Doris Duke

Until June 2011, I had not been able to confirm the existence of a Hindu cigarette box although the styling and graphics of the box had been previously known due to advertisements placed in Louisiana newspapers in 1909 depicting T206 cards being pulled from a Hindu cigarette box

But, seriously, would you hire someone who had just revealed trade secrets to the public at large and damaged the business he worked for

Current evidence indicates that all commercially available forms of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) including gum, transdermal patches, nasal sprays, inhalers, and sublingual tablets/lozenges enhance the likelihood of successfully quitting smoking

The University of Baths Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG) reflects on these questions in its podcast Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco