Thank You for Smoking

Describe the history of cigarettes as related by Nick Naylor in Chapter 4.

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At the beginning of Chapter 4, Nick Naylor explains to BR that the smoking boom occurred when films began having sound and directors needed actors to do something while they talked. Nick argues that this innovation, combined with World War I and the beginning of dieting among women, led to the largest smoking boom in history.