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“The first network hung up so the whole world could log on.”
“Gone in 1990, remembered longer.”
Dakota was an American brand of cigarettes, owned and manufactured by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. For the smokers who reached for it, it was simply their pack — familiar, dependable, theirs.
In 1990, R. J. Reynolds discontinued the brand, and Dakota quietly slipped out of production. It leaves behind little paperwork and no drama — just the memory of a pack that used to be there when you reached for it.
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