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In the 70's, 'R.J.Reinolds, hired scientists to investigate why Philip Morris was selling so much more... The same was done by other companies in the field,... when in 1989 they confirmed in a document that the secret of 'Mallboro' was ammonia...  
 Ammonia acts, according to experts, by making the smoke less acidic, making nicotine free and lighter, easily absorbed by the lungs, reducing by more than 10 minutes, the time for the psychotropic effects of nicotine to act and be felt in the brain and body.
 Documents also show that Reynolds, the maker of Winston, began using ammonia in the 1950s, but did not incorporate it into the product until the 1970s, and Reynolds scientists found that PhilpMorris began using ammonia in 1965, increasing the additive until 1974, this period corresponds to the increase in sales of Philp Morris.,
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Thanks for this, I was aware they added something like 180 chemicals but never realized it actual they changed it to crack.

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So what years were the major brands switch to free basing?

Direct answer: The switch to ammonia “freebasing” of nicotine began with Philip Morris in the early 1960s (around 1965), expanded through the late 1960s and early 1970s, and by the mid‑1970s most major U.S. brands (including R.J. Reynolds’ Camel and Winston) had adopted the technique

We never had a fucking chance with these cocksuckers pulling the strings.

Something like 20yrs ago I worked at some times for a company that did chemical analysis of tobacco for a large, unnamed tobacco corp and while I had access to almost everthing there (we managed the system that did store the said test-results) in my role, those test results were handled like a taboo. When I asked, I was told: "We can't let you see this *winkwink* under no circumstances". I know that they added for example what I think to remember is pyrazine with the effect that you don't get feeling sick after one cigaratte and can smoke one after the other.

Man, it's a f*cking sick world if you can't even trust the Marlboro man..