Some products are simply sold to consumers. Others become cultural artifacts, defining a moment so perfectly that they become inseparable from the era they dominated. In the complex, fast-moving history of nicotine alternatives, no single item achieved this status more completely than the Mango Juul pod. It was not merely a popular flavor; it was a phenomenon, a masterpiece of sensory...

In the grand library of 20th-century brands, some names are like explosive, best-selling novels—full of drama and complex plots. Others are more like foundational texts, the reliable classics that define a genre. Chesterfield cigarettes belong firmly in the latter category. As one of the original titans of the tobacco industry, its story is not one of flashy gimmicks or radical...