These are often the result of repeated minor thermal damage at the exact zones where the cigarette physically contacts the lip
In some severe cases it can be brown or bloodstreaked, which can look dark
The advertisements also reflected the same goal, with a strategy internally referred to as bold and aggressive. The ads were meant to convince consumers that Merit was a breakthrough cigarette, and thus presented information in the style of newspaper articles, featuring headlines with scientific substance and validity ads that looked important and impressive. Indeed, Merits ad campaign, reaching into the 1980s, used a journalistic, reportorial style one which an editor might use for a front page story in a major newspaper. As is the case with the majority of products on the market, brands of cigarettes were named in order to send particular messages to consumers
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De Lesseps, 56, also shot down the tale when asked whether shed ever seen Morgan with lit cigarettes