Jun 24, 2016 · Though hilariously and tragically absurd today, these vintage cigarette ads helped keep the tobacco industry booming just a few decades ago.

Mar 12, 2015 · Tobacco companies paid big bucks to hire the best creative minds to make their ads memorable, as these vintage ads show. Why can’t the USDA make broccoli look this appealing? 1. Salem.

Below you'll see a hilarious collection of vintage smoking ads that would look a little out of sorts to the average consumer of today. Here you'll see everyone from medical professionals to athletes jumping on the smoking bandwagon as they become …

Sep 12, 2018 · Smoking has always been unhealthy but there was a time when insane adverts encouraged millions of people to buy ‘healthy cigarettes’. These adverts were all published, mostly in America, and the...

Jan 14, 2023 · Back when smoking was considered cool, television and movie stars had no compunction about promoting the practice, as evidenced by the 18 celebs featured in these old cigarette ads.

Jul 27, 2014 · Explore our gallery of ads, from the collection of Stanford School of Medicine. By CBSNews.com senior producer David Morgan. This 1881 Wilcox & Co. ad for Cigares De Joy makes the claim that...

Jul 19, 2022 · Spurred by the instant nationwide success of blended cigarette brands such as Camel, Lucky Strike and Chesterfield cigarette companies spend millions on advertising and promotion to encourage smoking. Tobacco marketers featured healthy, vigorous, fun-loving people in their ads.

Mar 17, 2014 · Tobacco marketers sought to engage young customers by exploiting a connection to animals, both real and imaginary. Old Gold cigarettes launched a post-World War II advertising campaign revolving around beloved family pets, such as in a 1954 ad showcasing a pair of finger-trained budgerigars.

Jul 3, 2024 · These old smoking ads and vintage smoking posters make cigarettes look cool, edgy, fun – you name it. Looking at them now is outlandish because there's no way advertisers could ever get away with it today.

Jan 10, 2014 · On January 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued a landmark report on the negative health risks caused by smoking tobacco. But you wouldn't know those risks by looking at some of...