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Around 500 BCE, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus is to have said “The only constant in life has been change.” In 1849, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse-Karr echoed that sentiment: “''Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose''” (The more things change, the more they stay the same). I’d say that in today’s pipe and tobacco environment, the adage is the more things change, the more they don’t stay the same! Change, most often, represents growth and progress, but change can also create a negative effect. As a writer, pipe smoker, pipe collector and, especially, as a spectator on the periphery of the tobacco industry since the 1960s, I have witnessed lots of changes, big and small, dramatic and trivial, some successes and some failures, such as the Venturi pipe, R. J. Reynolds’ “socially acceptable” smokeless cigarette “Premier,” Peter Stokkebye’s “Free” cigarettes, and other so-called “safer tobacco” products. | Around 500 BCE, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus is to have said “The only constant in life has been change.” In 1849, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse-Karr echoed that sentiment: “''Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose''” (The more things change, the more they stay the same). I’d say that in today’s pipe and tobacco environment, the adage is the more things change, the more they don’t stay the same! Change, most often, represents growth and progress, but change can also create a negative effect. As a writer, pipe smoker, pipe collector and, especially, as a spectator on the periphery of the tobacco industry since the 1960s, I have witnessed lots of changes, big and small, dramatic and trivial, some successes and some failures, such as the Venturi pipe, R. J. Reynolds’ “socially acceptable” smokeless cigarette “Premier,” Peter Stokkebye’s “Free” cigarettes, and other so-called “safer tobacco” products. | ||
In my opinion, the following changes have been very significant. Collectively, they have signaled a huge transformation of the industry, here and abroad. This list is not intended to portray turmoil in the trade, but the last 50 to 75 years have certainly not been a period of | In my opinion, the following changes have been very significant. Collectively, they have signaled a huge transformation of the industry, here and abroad. This list is not intended to portray turmoil in the trade, but the last 50 to 75 years have certainly not been a period of stasis: | ||
* From an industry with a powerful special-interest lobby to an industry trying to survive with shifts in the tobacco-product landscape with new FTC regulations, increasing excise taxes on tobacco products, proposed rules on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, and the FDA’s war on pipe tobacco. | * From an industry with a powerful special-interest lobby to an industry trying to survive with shifts in the tobacco-product landscape with new FTC regulations, increasing excise taxes on tobacco products, proposed rules on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, and the FDA’s war on pipe tobacco. | ||