Well, you cant patent a plant like that, especially weed, you know
Days before the 1964 Surgeon-Generals Report was released the first very-low-tar yield (so called, light) ventilated-filter cigarette was releasedwith tar and nicotine yields printed on the pack [9]
Extending the ban to menthol cigarettes is particularly monumental as these products have generally been exempt from past restrictions and are disproportionately smoked by youth and minority populations, in part due to targeted industry marketing of menthol to these specific populations
In 1634, the Patriarch of Moscow forbade the sale of tobacco, and sentenced men and women who flouted the ban to have their nostrils slit and their backs flayed
However, switching to light cigarettes is not an intelligent solution if you want to try to quit smoking because you will not have any health benefits apart from continuing to smoke