There's always a way.
Winston Churchill Received A Prescription For Alcohol To Get Around American Prohibition
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It seems that it also extended to cigar smoking during a wartime rationing & difficulty in sourcing that make today's supply change problems look like mentally deficient men & women masturbating.
I wonder how many died to put Winston's cigars in his greedy fingers each day?