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A woman uses a vending machine that dispenses pre-lit cigarettes for a penny, 1931.

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A woman uses a vending machine that dispenses pre-lit cigarettes for a penny, 1931.

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Probably no more than would have burned down anyway from everyone smoking inside them.
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  They had incinerators in women’s bathrooms for burning sanitary pads, before tampons came around.

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