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A few years later, in 1999, the group merged Rothmans International with BAT, creating what was then the world's second-largest tobacco company, with Richemont receiving a 23.3% equity stake in the combined entity

By 2002, cigarette use in the movies was higher than it had been even in the 1950s, with 10.9 instances per hour

Activities were coded into four categories: leisure (e.g., watching TV, at home, on the computer, and drinking coffee), performative (e.g., completing chores, driving, getting child ready for school), social (e.g., at a party, at a friends home, at the casino), and interactive (e.g., talking on the phone, arguing with another, business calls, and having a conversation)

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