[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

*** the government started giving cigarettes to service members in World War I.***

Dad was a non-smoker till he got hooked in WW II. He then never could break the habit.
I spent 4 years in the military and never received a cigarette. I did have a ration card for beer and cigarettes but never used them.
On a commercial airplane flight in 1966, I was given a meal and two cigarettes, free. I gave them to someone else.

I still remember the last advertisements o Johnny Carson.

After that date the TV was inundated with advertisements for “Cigarillos.” I still remember the jingle... “WINCHESTER’S SOMETHING ELSE! Winchester...!”

Also, movies began product placement of cigarettes in various films. I still remember the movie Backdraft (1991) in which after a bad fire, all the firemen are shown lighting up and puffing away.

Now am binge watching the old TWILIGHT ZONE. Everyone on that show is shown smoking, including Rod Serling. “Brought to you by OASIS Cigarettes!”

[foreverfree]

After [the banning of cigarette commercials] the TV was inundated with advertisements for “Cigarillos.” I still remember the jingle... “WINCHESTER’S SOMETHING ELSE! Winchester...!”

Sung to the tune of Santana's "Evil Ways"!

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