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Few people know that Marlboro cigarettes, first released in 1924 by the American company Philip Morris, are not actually named after the old British noble family of Marlboro

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The Chinese tobacco industry capitalizes on this opportunity to embed itself into the economic and governmental structure by funneling funding into critical parts of the Chinese infrastructure, aligning its contributions with the priorities of leader Xi Jinping

The FDA dithered over the matter for the next 11 years

As a result, the number of stakeholders with a vested interest in the industry has declined to the point where political pressure is no longer as influential as before