American’s love for smoking began early in our history. Among the various types of tobacco were rope cable twist, Bull Durham in a sack, and plug cut. Chewing tobacco was popular too and there were lots of brands to choose from including, plug and twist. Some of the brand names included Wedding Cake, Windsap, Star of Virginia, Rock Candy, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster.
Casing tobacco, as opposed to smoking tobacco, used licorice, molasses, fruit juices and sugar to improve the taste. When
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