As a non-smoker, I have only been able to acquire second-hand coolness by hanging out with those that do.
Posted on 01/02/2021 2:07:28 AM PST by nickcarraway
As a non-smoker, I have only been able to acquire second-hand coolness by hanging out with those that do.
In the 1950s the mass media was biased in _favor_ of cigarettes.
I recently saw a 1950s spot where the news-reader smoked a cigarette while doing the news (!) and announced that “I am smoking a Parliament”.
They always have propaganda in favor of stuff that is bad for you—today it is just different stuff.
Correct. Non-smokers would usually trade them with smokers for the chocolate (another staple of c-rations).
I always got a kick out of the "Meal, Combat, Individual" that was stamped on those c-rat boxes.
Cigarette machines in the maternity waiting rooms of hospitals also.
All the cigarette use had the opposite effect on me. Growing up in the 70’s I was miserable in cars while my parents smoked, parties at our house would have dozens of adults puffing away indoors, the house a haze of smoke...it was disgusting. My mom would get mad at me because I never wanted to kiss my grandmother goodbye or my aunts because they smelled like ashtrays. I spent 24 years in the army and was shocked at how many people smoked. I’m not surprised at all the most of my aunts and uncles have died in their late 60s and early 70s from cancer.
Keeping the Dean Martin stage style going.
I knew a Virginia Slim model, she was the mother of a friend of mine. I picked tobacco as a kid...
“I’d walk a mile for a camel.”
...... and ride him 10 for a Lucky Strike!
Cigarette ads & beer ads had some of the most memorable jingles of all time. Too many to mention - there are some good compilations on Youtube.
In high school, we had an area where we smoked. Even the teachers smoked with us. After we won against our Rival when I was a Freshman, the coaches gave us football players cigars. 😀
Can you spot the Camel Smoker? MAD magazine had a spoof on that ad... It was Can you spot the Coffin Smoker? The smoker was an empty space..
Cigarettes and coffee in the military. If you don’t smoke, you don’t get a smoke break. Same for coffee. The smoking lamp is lit.
“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?’”
You’re late. They already have, through taxing. In Seattle, the standard tax rate for the sweetened beverage tax is $.0175 per ounce. From the mayor’s page it states:
“Seattle’s sweetened beverage tax was designed to result in the improved health of Seattle residents by reducing the sales and consumption of sugary drinks.”
In other words, they are herding people.
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What a sexist ad... 😀. The ad I loved was Edie Adams singing ‘Hey Big Spencer’s for Mureil Cigars.
You can take Salem out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of Salem.
All the cigarette use had the opposite effect on me.
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Me too. There were burn marks on the tablecloths and the linoleum. I thought my parents had painted the living room light gray. It was actually “Navaho white” with a layer of smoke residue. When I would come home for a visit, as a young adult, my suitcase would pick up the odor and I would have to launder even the “clean” clothes after the trip. Yuck.
I enjoyed the Marlboro Cowboy much better back then better than the erectile dysfunction or crapping in a box advertisements of today.
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