50 Years Ago: The Last Cigarette Ad Appears on Television

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/last-cigarette-ad-television/ ^ | 1/1/2020 | Tyler Sage

[Daveinyork]

I’m 71, so I remember a lot of the cigarette commercials, as well as pipe tobacco commercials and professional athletes advertising cigars.

The Marlboro man
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should
I’d rather fight than switch
LSMFT (Lucky Strikes mean fine tobacco)
You’ve come a long way, baby
A Volkswagen Beatle getting a replacement windshield to make room for the Benson and Hedges 100

[Vaquero]

He used the p-38 can opener in the kit to open the cheese....I assume?

[Daveinyork]

We all had those can openers. We got them at Sunny Surplus.

[Hardastarboard]

Looking at that scale helps to understand how we end up with Democrat politicians.

[Vaquero]

Great little gizmo

[foreverfree]

You beat me to the topic. :)

ff

[jughandle]

“It features Virginia Slims’ controversial attempt to cash in on the women’s liberation movement with the tag line “You’ve come a long way, baby.”

They sure don’t hate the tax and settlement money the companies bring in.

[Zhang Fei]

[I’m 71, so I remember a lot of the cigarette commercials, as well as pipe tobacco commercials and professional athletes advertising cigars.

The Marlboro man
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should
I’d rather fight than switch
LSMFT (Lucky Strikes mean fine tobacco)
You’ve come a long way, baby
A Volkswagen Beatle getting a replacement windshield to make room for the Benson and Hedges 100]

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Even 30-year-olds are likely to have seen print versions, because it wasn’t until the late 90’s that this was banned. The Marlboro Man, while not as effective in print as on celluloid, was a classic amped up with Elmer Bernstein’s excellent theme from the Magnificent Seven. I’m a non-smoker, but I could see the appeal.

[airdalechief]

(In every ration box he got there were 3 cigarettes.)

I remember there being 4 cigs in a small pack. That was before filtered cigs.

Yep, I’m an old 81.

[MarMema]

I’d walk a mile for a camel.

[Deplorable American1776]

Tobacco is bad, but marijuana is good for you. Okay, what BS. Things that needs to be banned from advertising: marijuana products, lawyers, doctors and Democrats running for office...

[foreverfree]

It's the b&W not color ciggy spots that I prefer to watch on YT. Including Fred and Barney pitching Winstons.

Years ago I read a column in the Baltimore Sun (back when I didn't pay attention to media agenda) by IIRC Kevin Cowherd (before he went national) about cartoon characters and smoking (this was when the Simpsons were new so he left out mention of Patty and Selma). Cowherd suggested that Fred Flintstone would be a three pack a day man if cigarettes actually existed in the stone age.

ff

[kearnyirish2]

As I understood it, the military cigarette ration was to tide you over if additional food was delayed.

[Neverlift]

“A Volkswagen Beatle getting a replacement windshield to make room for the Benson and Hedges 100”

I remember the B&H slogan: “A silly little millimeter longer”

[foreverfree]

The article mentions vaping at the end.

E-cigs and their commercials come with a nicotine warning label. Anyone know if gummint forced those warning labels on the e-cig industry?

Also, beer, wine, liquor, and Pennsylvania "state store" ads come with a warning to enjoy those products responsibly.

What would happen if commercials for sodas, salty/greasy snacks, and sweet cereals came with conspicuous warning labels saying "WARNING: This product contains ingredients that are addictive and can cause short and long term health problems"?

ff

[IrishBrigade]

‘...although health experts strongly disagree...’

yeah, I give a lot of credence to ‘health experts’...

[notdownwidems]

Indeed! I was watching an early (1962) episode of The Beverly Hillbillies yesterday; part of the show was a shot of Drysdale’s sedan driving next to an 18-wheeler with the Winston slogan big on the side; then he gives one to Jed and they both light up, purring and exclaiming how good those Winstons were! I guess since it was actually part of the show and not a separate commercial they couldn’t ban it! Ha

[Midwesterner53]

I was in my initial Army training in 1975 and yes, cigs were still included in ration meals that were handed out to all of us.

[IrishBrigade]

‘Conversely, I remember the America that prohibited marijuana as a better place than the America that now embraces cannabis.’

you are of the opinion that people engaging in activities that have no impact on yourself other than your personal disapproval should be tossed in jail and suffer a permanent prison record...?

you’d have loved Prohibition...

[where's_the_Outrage?]

The one I remember is the disadvantages of the benson and hedges 100's:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94cihq1Kpcw .

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I specifically remember the sailors: .

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