"Not quite as exotic as Scandinavia I know," admits Jim Stratford, "but I'm working in a large cigarette factory in Germany - does this count?" No, Jim, it doesn't.
On his desk, near several large cigarette lighters, a couple of ball-point pens, and a leather cigar box, stood a framed photograph of Max Reinhardt.
Or the vintage jewelry and evening bags, including a shiny metal clutch the size of a large cigarette case that contained slots to hold your cosmetics.
DealBook » Japan to Sell Part of Stake in Large Cigarette Maker | The sale of Japan Tobacco shares will net about $10 billion and go toward rebuilding the country's battered northeast coast, Hiroko Tabuchi reported.
Proponents of the legislation blamed Gov. George E. Pataki, who they said stalled the bill because he did not want to antagonize tobacco companies after approving large cigarette tax hikes, and anti-tobacco groups who refused to compromise on key components.
Hotel workers traded barbs with bar customers, bartenders interrupted the news conferences of smoking opponents, and a man dressed as a large cigarette bobbed silently among the crowd under a light patter of rain, holding a placard that read "I secondhand smoke".
