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'Splain, pliz?
I believe they were referring to this:
I did a search for more information on Peter Stuyvesant and found out that there's a British cigarette called 'Peter Stuyvesant.'
The real Peter was the last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam before the English [under the Duke of York] took over. He stayed in the New World and was a popular figure in the now New York City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stuyvesant_(cigarette)
Nice article. Doesn't explain why Peter S. is associated with tobacco.