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  2. Cigarette machine - Wikipedia

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    A cigarette machine is a vending machine that dispenses packs of cigarettes in exchange for payment. Many modern cigarette machines require customers to swipe an identification card to prevent persons under the legal smoking age from purchasing tobacco. Because of their potential for misuse by underage persons, many jurisdictions restrict where ...

  3. Vending machine - Wikipedia

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    A snack food vending machine made in 1952 Gashapon vending machines Newspaper vending machines in Munich, Germany An automobile parking ticket machine in the Czech Republic. A vending machine is an automated machine that dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes, and lottery tickets to consumers after cash, a credit card, or other forms of payment are inserted into the machine or ...

  4. History of commercial tobacco in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The machine chopped the tobacco, then dropped a certain amount of the tobacco into a long tube of paper, which the machine would then roll and push out the end where it would be sliced by the machine into individual cigarettes. This machine operated at thirteen times the speed of a human cigarette roller. [23]

  5. Crane Payment Innovations - Wikipedia

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    Crane Merchandising Systems was founded in 1926 by B. E. Fry, a St. Louis businessman, as the "National Sales Machine Company. [citation needed]" Fry invented a more foolproof vending machine that would only accept coins, unlike older machines, such as the "Smoketeria", a cigarette vending machine, which would accept things such as flat buttons and cardboard discs.

  6. 46 Things That Were Considered Normal Back In The Day ... - AOL

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    This may be hard to believe but when I started buying cigarettes in 1964 for 25 cents from a vending machine at the coin operated laundromat I often saw people, both men and women quietly sitting ...

  7. 50 Fascinating Items From The 20th Century That We Don ... - AOL

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    From vintage sewing machines to toys that your parents might have. ... #35 Found This 1960’s Wilson Baby Carriage In Perfect Condition For $70. ... #37 Vendo 44 Vending Machine From The 50s. The ...

  8. Colacurcio Organization - Wikipedia

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    In the 1950s, Frank Colacurcio began operating cigarette and jukebox vending machines in the Seattle area. [3] The vending machine businesses became important to organized crime figures who easily skimmed money. [3] In 1957, Colacurcio began working with Portland crime figure James "Big Jim" Elkins to open prostitution houses in Portland. [3]

  9. Maas International - Wikipedia

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    Maas was originally established in 1889 as a cigar producer. The company transformed into a cigarette wholesaler and after World War II it became an operator of cigarette vending machines. In the 1970´s, Maas International incorporated coffee, beverages and snacks in its vending machines. In 2001 the wholesale branch was sold.

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