About three months ago, I decided to take a fresh look at tobacco giant Altria Group (MO)
The B-side gets a little less predictable, immediately kicking you in the face with back-to-back hardcore tracks before delving into driving, metallic crust punk and some sort of metal-infused shoegaze, switching back to the easier digestible hardcore punk and more melodic punk before the weirdness gets a little too weird
These items are not sold in grocery stores anymore either and most of the ordering and marketing efforts for these products are done online
The convenience of not needing to purchase lighters, ashtrays, or deal with cigarette odours also provides indirect cost savings
It pretty much steers clear of the wimpy, flowing psychedelic snoozers and sticks to the rockers
He's the author of a 2007 history, The Cigarette Century