Second World War Years
Once again a World War brought a sharp increase in the nation’s demand for cigarettes, coinciding with an inevitable scarcity of tobacco leaf. This brought about a shortage of both Carreras and its competitors' products, a situation which was not alleviated until the early 1950s.
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