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Youre first caught by Browns signature juxtaposition: a circa 1830 image of the white minstrel Thomas Rice in the midst of his Jump Jim Crow jig, a performance that set off the blackface craze that dominated American entertainment before and after the Civil War, up to Al Jolsons The Jazz Singer in 1927, with a 2007 Newport ad showing a band onstage, the black singer jumping in Thomas Rices shoes as his white bandmates gape and point at him as if hes from another planet

See what we mean in the table below, which compares non-smoker rates to smoker rates for a 20-year term life insurance policy with a $250,000 death benefit

The consequences of this industry deception are severe

Tobacco companies harmed Marylanders, and in the late-1990s agreed to a significant settlement as a result of their actions